Townsend Scudder

Townsend Scudder

Townsend Scudder (July 26, 1865 - February 22, 1960) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Northport, he was a nephew of Henry Joel Scudder, also a U.S. Representative from New York. Townsend attended preparatory schools in Europe and was graduated from Columbia Law School in 1888; he was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in New York City. He was corporation counsel for Queens County from 1893 to 1899, and was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1901. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900 and resumed the practice of law. He was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1905; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1904.

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