Hosea Townsend

Hosea Townsend
Judge for the Southern District of the United States Court for the Indian Territory
In office
1897 – November 16, 1907
Appointed byWilliam McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded byConstantine B. Kilgore
Succeeded byPosition disestablished
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Colorado's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
Preceded byGeorge G. Symes
Succeeded byDistrict inactive
Personal details
Born(1840-06-16)June 16, 1840
Greenwich, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 4, 1909(1909-03-04) (aged 68)
Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio
Military service
Allegiance United States

Hosea Townsend (June 16, 1840 – March 4, 1909) was an American attorney and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1889 to 1893.[1]

Appointed by Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, he was a United States judge for the southern district of the Indian Territory from 1897 to 1907.

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    • United States Congress. "Hosea Townsend (id: T000334)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress