Indiana Republican Party

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In 1884, Townsend, a Republican, became the second Black Hoosier to be elected to the Indiana House of Representatives. — PolitiTweet.org

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A preacher and Civil War veteran, Townsend was the assistant secretary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church before becoming the missionary secretary. In that capacity, he traveled abroad several times, and in 1881, was a delegate to an ecumenical conference in London, Eng. — PolitiTweet.org

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In 1889, President Benjamin Harrison, recognizing Townsend's efforts for the Republican Party, named him recorder of the General Land Office in Washington, D.C. Townsend resigned the office in 1891 and returned to Richmond, Ind. — PolitiTweet.org

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