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Charles A. Towne

Charles Arnette Towne (November 21, 1858 - October 22, 1928) was an American politican. He served in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesotaas a Republican and from New York as a Democrat and the US Senate from Minnesota as a Democrat.

Towne served in the House from Minnesota from March 4, 1895 to March 3,1897. He ran for reelection in 1896 as an Indedpendent but lost. He declined the nomination for Vice President on the United States Populist Party ticket in 1900.

Towne was appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cushman Davis and served from December 5, 1900, to January 28, 1901, when the elected replacement took office. He served again in the United States House of Representatives from New York March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1907.