Solomon S. Townsend
Solomon Samuel Townsend III (May 21, 1850 – November 18, 1910) was an American politician from New York.
Life[]
Solomon was born on May 21, 1850, in Manhattan. He was the son of and Helene DeKay. He lived most of his life in Oyster Bay, where as a boy he was playmates with the Roosevelt family.[1] His father was a member of the New York state legislature and a member of the 1846 and 1867 New York State Constitutional Conventions.[2]
After graduating from the Oyster Bay Parish School and New York University, Solomon worked as a coal merchant in Oyster Bay.[2]
In 1888, Solomon was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Queens County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892,[2] and 1893.[3]
Solomon was a delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention.[4]
Solomon was later appointed to be clerk of the Queens County Board of Supervisors and Collector of Arrearages of Taxes of Queens County.[1]
Solomon died in Nassau Hospital (today NYU Winthrop Hospital) on November 18, 1910.[1] He was buried in the Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church, Laurel Hollow.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Long Island Obituary - Solomon S. Townsend". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 19 November 1910.
- ^ a b c Lloyd, Will L. (1892). The New York Red Book. Albany: James B. Lyon. pp. 163–164.
- ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1893). The New York Red Book. Albany: James B. Lyon. pp. 172–173.
- ^ Dickinson, Edward B. (1892). Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention and Committee. Chicago: Cameron, Amberg, & Co. p. 53.
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