Charles A. Towne

Charles Arnette Towne (November 21, 1858 – October 22, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served in both houses of United States Congress. He represented Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897 and in the U.S. Senate from 1900 to 1901. He later represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905 to 1907. He was the last Democratic senator from Minnesota, before the state's Democratic Party merged with the Farmer-Labor Party to form the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.

Early life Charles Arnette Towne was born on November 21, 1858, near Pontiac, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1885. He ran for re-election in 1896 as an Independent and lost.

Later career

In 1900, he declined the nomination for Vice President on the People's Party ticket.

Personal life Towne married Maude Irene Wiley of Lansing, Michigan, on April 20, 1887.

Towne lived at 790 Riverside Drive when he lived in New York City. Towne traveled to Tucson, Arizona, following an attack of bronchitis in October 1920. He did not move there until 1926.

He lived at the Santa Rita hotel, moved to the Desert Sanitorium and later moved into a home near Tucson.

Death and burial Towne died of pneumonia in Tucson on October 22, 1928. He became ill while on tour speaking for Al Smith in Huron, South Dakota. Following hospitalization at Southern Methodist Hospital in Tucson, he died. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson.