Amos Townsend

Amos Townsend
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 20th district
In office
March 4, 1877  March 3, 1883
Preceded by Henry B. Payne
Succeeded by David R. Paige
Personal details
Born 1821
Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Died March 17, 1895
St. Augustine, Florida
Resting place Lake View Cemetery
Political party Republican

Amos Townsend (1821 – March 17, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Townsend attended the common schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and clerked in a store in Pittsburgh. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1839 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as United States marshal during the Kansas troubles. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1858 and engaged in the wholesale grocery business. He served as member of the Cleveland City Council 1866-1876, serving as president for seven years. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1873.

Townsend was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883). He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-seventh Congress). He declined renomination. He served as member of a wholesale foodpacking firm. He died while on a visit to St. Augustine, Florida, March 17, 1895. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Henry B. Payne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 20th congressional district

1877-1883
Succeeded by
David R. Paige

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