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Townsend was born in DeWitt in Clinton County in easternmost Iowa, a son of John R. Townsend and the former Italia James. His brother, A. E. "Jack" Townsend was the long-term assistant postmaster in [[Little Rock]], Arkansas. In 1894, Townsend moved to Little Rock with his family. In 1902, he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and became an educator for eight years. From 1906 to 1910, he was principal of Little Rock High School, in which capacity he worked to secure the first accreditation for the institution.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2846|title=Wallace Townsend (1882-1979)|publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net|accessdate=May 27, 2012}}</ref>
Townsend was born in DeWitt in Clinton County in easternmost Iowa, a son of John R. Townsend and the former Italia James. His brother, A. E. "Jack" Townsend was the long-term assistant postmaster in [[Little Rock]], Arkansas. In 1894, Townsend moved to Little Rock with his family. In 1902, he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and became an educator for eight years. From 1906 to 1910, he was principal of Little Rock High School, in which capacity he worked to secure the first accreditation for the institution.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2846|title=Wallace Townsend (1882-1979)|publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net|accessdate=May 27, 2012}}</ref>
In 1906, Townsend received his LLB from the [[University of Arkansas at Little Rock]] William H. Bowen School of Law. In 1910, he began a legal practice chiefly concerned with revenue bonds and that same year vacated the principalship in Little Rock and ran unsuccessfully as the Republican nominee for Arkansas superintendent of public instruction. He became an integral part of the GOP legal counsel active in the Lily White faction, which sought to recruit white [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] into the Republican Party, then previously the domain of the relatively few African American voters registered in the state. In 1914, Townsend joined Augustus Caleb Remmel, chairman of the Pulaski County Republican organization, to take control of the state party for the Lily Whites.<ref name=bio/> A. C. Remmel (1882-1920), known as "Gus" Remmel, was the father of later Republican figure Pratt C. Remmel, who was the mayor of Little Rock from 1951 to 1955, and ran in 1954 against the Democrat Orval E. Faubus for governor.<ref>Marvon Johansen Browning, "Pratt Remmel dies; GOP mayor of LR ran against Faubus", ''Arkansas Democrat'', May 16, 1991</ref>
In 1906, Townsend received his LLB from the now William H. Bowen Law School of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 1910, he began a legal practice chiefly concerned with revenue bonds and that same year vacated the principalship in Little Rock and ran unsuccessfully as the Republican nominee for Arkansas superintendent of public instruction. He became an integral part of the GOP legal counsel active in the Lily White faction, which sought to recruit white [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] into the Republican Party, then previously the domain of the relatively few African American voters registered in the state. In 1914, Townsend joined Augustus Caleb Remmel, chairman of the Pulaski County Republican organization, to take control of the state party for the Lily Whites.<ref name=bio/> A. C. Remmel (1882-1920), known as "Gus" Remmel, was the father of later Republican figure Pratt C. Remmel, who was the mayor of Little Rock from 1951 to 1955, and ran in 1954 against the Democrat Orval E. Faubus for governor.<ref>Marvon Johansen Browning, "Pratt Remmel dies; GOP mayor of LR ran against Faubus", ''Arkansas Democrat'', May 16, 1991</ref>
Townsend was the party's unsuccessful gubernatorial nominee in both 1916 and 1920, having been defeated by the Democratic nominees, Charles Hillman Brough and Thomas Chipman McRae, respectively. In the 1916 race, Townsend polled 43,963 votes (25 percent), compared to Brough's 122,041 (69.5 percent). Another 9,730 votes were cast for the [[Socialist]] nominee, William Davis.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th ed., p. 1601</ref>
Townsend was the party's unsuccessful gubernatorial nominee in both 1916 and 1920, having been defeated by the Democratic nominees, Charles Hillman Brough and Thomas Chipman McRae, respectively. In the 1916 race, Townsend polled 43,963 votes (25 percent), compared to Brough's 122,041 (69.5 percent). Another 9,730 votes were cast for the [[Socialist]] nominee, William Davis.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th ed., p. 1601</ref>
Townsend's papers are housed at Special Collections of the Ottenheimer Library at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Townsend's papers are housed at Special Collections of the Ottenheimer Library at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
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