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    John Gillis Townsend Jr. (May 31, 1871 – April 10, 1964) was an American businessman and politician from Selbyville in Sussex County, Delaware. He was...
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  • American football player John Townsend (1732–1809), cabinet maker of the Goddard and Townsend style John G. Townsend Jr. (1871–1964), American businessman...
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    New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend Jr. Wilmington, Delaware: The Delaware Heritage Press. ISBN 0-924117-20-6. Munroe, John A. (1993). History of Delaware...
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    Senate in 1940, this time defeating the incumbent Republican Senator John G. Townsend, Jr. During this term, he served with the Democratic majority in the...
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  • popular incumbent U.S. Senator John G. Townsend Jr. for his U.S. Senate seat. A thoughtful moderate Republican, Townsend had supported much of the New...
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  • Governor Townsend may refer to: John G. Townsend Jr. (1871–1964), 55th Governor of Delaware M. Clifford Townsend (1884–1954), 35th Governor of Indiana...
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  • barrister and forger John Townsend Trowbridge, American author Light Townsend Cummins, American educator and historian Lynn Townsend White, Jr., American professor...
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    ISBN 978-0-679-40507-8. Carter, Richard B. (2001). Clearing New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend, Jr. Wilmington, Delaware: The Delaware Heritage Press. ISBN 0-924117-20-6...
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    took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Townsend Jr. ran for re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated...
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    for governor of Delaware in 1916 but was defeated by Republican John G. Townsend, Jr., a businessman from Selbyville, Delaware. Twenty years later, in...
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    Byrnes; Ranking Member: John G. Townsend Jr.) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: John G. Townsend Jr.) Campaign Expenditures...
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    Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend (born July 4, 1951) is an American attorney who was the sixth (and first female) lieutenant governor of Maryland from...
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    ISBN 978-0738568485. Carter, Richard B. (2001). Clearing New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend, Jr. Wilmington, Delaware: The Delaware Heritage Press. ISBN 0-924117-20-6...
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  • Senator Townsend may refer to: Charles E. Townsend (1856–1924), U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1911 to 1923 John G. Townsend Jr. (1871–1964), U.S. Senator...
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    Hale National Senatorial Committee Chair: Daniel O. Hastings then John G. Townsend Jr. Speaker: Jo Byrns (D), died June 4, 1936 William B. Bankhead (D)...
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    Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale National Senatorial Committee Chair: John G. Townsend Jr. Speaker: William B. Bankhead (D), until September 15, 1940 (died)...
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    in the Indian River School District. The former home of Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., located at 11 South Main Street at the intersection with West McCabe...
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  • 1929–1931 Henry D. Hatfield WV 1931–1933 Daniel O. Hastings DE 1933–1936 John G. Townsend Jr. DE 1936–1945 Owen Brewster ME 1945–1951 Styles Bridges NH 1951–1951...
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    Ambassador to the United Nations. Gibson's son, Republican Ernest W. Gibson Jr. was appointed June 24, 1940, to continue his father's term, pending a special...
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    took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Townsend Jr. was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative...
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    John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., was an American attorney, journalist, and...
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    Bayard Jr. ran for a third term in office, but was defeated by former Republican Governor John G. Townsend Jr. in a landslide. Thomas F. Bayard Jr., incumbent...
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    before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor John G. Townsend, Jr. and Lewis Eliason as Lieutenant Governor. Currently the distribution...
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    1995. Carter, Richard B. (2001). Clearing New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend, Jr. Wilmington, Delaware: The Delaware Heritage Press. ISBN 0-924117-20-6...
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    Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: James F. Byrnes; Ranking Member: John G. Townsend Jr.) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member:...
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  • Lynn Townsend White Jr. (April 29, 1907 – March 30, 1987) was an American historian. He was a professor of medieval history at Princeton from 1933 to...
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    before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor John G. Townsend, Jr. and Colen Ferguson as Lieutenant Governor. Currently the distribution...
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    Sobel 1978, pp. 237–238. "John Gillis Townsend". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 18, 2023. "John G. Townsend Inaugurated Governor; Declares...
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    Trygve Lie was an acceptable alternative. Eleanor Roosevelt, and John G. Townsend Jr. felt that Lie would be independent of the Soviet Union. However...
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    term. Carter, Richard B. (2001). Clearing New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend, Jr. Wilmington, Delaware: The Delaware Heritage Press. ISBN 0-924117-20-6...
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