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Townsend and Delaware
It rises approximately west of Townsend and flows generally eastwardly, south of Middletown and past Odessa, to its mouth at the northern end of Delaware Bay, approximately east of Odessa.
John Gillis Townsend, Jr. ( May 31, 1871 – April 10, 1964 ) was an American businessman and politician from Selbyville, in Sussex County, Delaware.
Moving into poultry, corn and soybeans, by the time of his death, Townsend, Inc. grew into one of the largest, most diversified agricultural businesses in Delaware.
Townsend was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives and served one term during the 1903-04 session as a member of the Addicks, or Union Republican, faction of the Republican Party.
Townsend lost his bid for a third term in 1940 to Democrat James M. Tunnell, a lawyer from Georgetown, Delaware.
While Lea was certainly an old time Republican industrialist of New Castle County, he was different in that he saw the positive side of Addicks ' efforts, formed close friendships with rising young politicians from lower Delaware like John G. Townsend, Jr., and was counted among the Union Republicans.
He ran for the office of Governor of Delaware in 1916, but was defeated by Republican John G. Townsend, Jr., a businessman from Selbyville, Delaware.
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