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About William Townsend
William H. Townsend was an American politician, civil rights activist, and optometrist who was one of the first African Americans to serve in the Arkansas State Legislature since the Reconstruction era. He was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives as a Democrat representing Little Rock in 1972 and went on to serve twelve terms in office until 1997.
Everything about William Townsend →- Occupation
- military personnel, politician
- Position held
- member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 14, 1914
- Died
- September 15, 2005