Townsend Scudder was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from New York.
11 Facts About Townsend Scudder
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Townsend Scudder attended preparatory schools in Europe and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1888.
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Townsend Scudder was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in New York City.
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Townsend Scudder was corporation counsel for Queens County from 1893 to 1899, and was elected as a Democrat to the 56th United States Congress, holding office from March 4,1899, to March 3,1901.
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Townsend Scudder declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900 and resumed the practice of law.
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Townsend Scudder was elected to the 58th United States Congress, holding office from March 4,1903, to March 3,1905.
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Townsend Scudder was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1907 to 1920, and afterwards again resumed the practice of law in New York City.
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Townsend Scudder was State park commissioner and vice president of the Long Island State Park Commission from 1924 to 1927.
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Townsend Scudder was appointed to the New York Supreme Court by Governor Alfred E Smith in February 1927 and was nominated by the two major political parties to succeed himself for the full term of fourteen years.
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Townsend Scudder remained on the bench until the end of 1936, when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years.
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Townsend Scudder died in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1960; interment was in Putnam Cemetery.