George Townsend

George Townsend (December 21, 1768 – August 17, 1844) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life Townsend was born on December 21, 1768 in Lattingtown, township of Oyster Bay in what was then the Province of New York, a part of British America. He was the first son of Prior Townsend (1749–1803) and Sarah (née Feake) Townsend (1750–1833). Among his siblings was Jacob Townsend, Hannah Townsend, Deborah Townsend and Hannah Townsend. Career Townsend engaged in agricultural pursuits. Townsend was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1819.