Thomas J. Townsend
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Thomas J. Townsend
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Thomas J. Townsend was a surveyor, ferry operator, politician and emigration agent from Wisconsin. In 1849, he was elected from Winnebago, Wisconsin to represent Winnebago County in the Wisconsin State Assembly, succeeding fellow Whig Erasmus D. Hall. He served a single one-year term, and was succeeded by Leonard P. Crary, a Democrat. Townsend was among the pioneers of Waushara, helping to get that county split off from Marquette County. In 1851, he laid out the village of Sacramento, Wisconsin;
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American politician
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