# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dwight-townsend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:30:40.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dwight-townsend"
name: "Dwight Townsend"
slug: "dwight-townsend"
description: "Dwight Townsend was a U.S. representative from New York. He became chairman of the Bankers' and Merchants' Telegraph Company, competitor of the Western Union"
tagline: "American politician (1826-1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dwight_Townsend_(New_York_Congressman).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1826-09-26"
deathDate: "1899-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.54
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.468538666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "دویقت توونزند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "دوايت تاونسند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "دويجت تونسيند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Townsend"
    title: "Dwight Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Townsend"
    title: "Dwight Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Townsend"
    title: "Dwight Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump