# Wayne Townsend

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Wayne Townsend
| image         = Wayne_Townsend_of_IN.jpg
| image_size    = 180px
| state_senate  = Indiana
| state         = Indiana
| district      = 19th
| term_start    = November 8, 1972
| term_end      = November 5, 1986
| preceded      = [John Mutz](/source/John_Mutz)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/219/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=5 March 2015}}</ref>
| succeeded     = Larry David Macklin
| state_senate1 = Indiana
| state1        = Indiaan
| district1     = 13th
| term_start1   = November 4, 1970
| term_end1     = November 8, 1972
| preceded1     = Frank James Biddinger<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/213/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=5 March 2015}}</ref>
| succeeded1    = John Frederick Augsburger
| office2       = Member of the<br />[Indiana House of Representatives](/source/Indiana_House_of_Representatives)<br />from [Blackford County](/source/Blackford_County%2C_Indiana) and [Grant County](/source/Grant_County%2C_Indiana)
| term_start2   = November 7, 1962
| term_end2     = November 9, 1966
| preceded2     = Ray Manual Hickam<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/h5/ |title=State Representatives from Blackford County |access-date=2018-04-08 |archive-date=2018-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408205828/http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/h5/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| succeeded2    = Roger Lee Jessup
| term_start3   = November 5, 1958
| term_end3     = November 9, 1960
| preceded3     = James O. Murrell
| succeeded3    = Ray Manual Hickam
| birth_name    =
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1926|5|1}}
| birth_place   = [Grant County, Indiana](/source/Grant_County%2C_Indiana), U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2015|7|3|1926|5|1}}
| death_place   = [South Haven, Michigan](/source/South_Haven%2C_Michigan), U.S.
| party         = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| occupation    = farmer
| spouse        = Helen
| children      = five
| relations     = [M. Clifford Townsend](/source/M._Clifford_Townsend) (grandfather)
| alma_mater    = [Purdue University](/source/Purdue_University) (1951) 
}}

'''W. Wayne Townsend''' (May 1, 1926 &ndash; July 3, 2015) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Indiana. A [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), he was his party's [gubernatorial](/source/gubernatorial) nominee in [1984](/source/1984_Indiana_gubernatorial_election). Townsend was defeated by the incumbent [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) governor [Robert D. Orr](/source/Robert_D._Orr).

==State legislative career==
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==Gubernatorial campaigns==
{{further|1980 Indiana gubernatorial election|1984 Indiana gubernatorial election}}

Townsend twice ran for [Governor of Indiana](/source/Governor_of_Indiana). In 1980, he lost the Democratic Party [primary election](/source/primary_election) to businessman John A. Hillenbrand II. In 1984, he received the Democratic nomination but lost the election to [Robert D. Orr](/source/Robert_D._Orr) (the incumbent [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))).

==References==
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{{s-aft|after=[Evan Bayh](/source/Evan_Bayh)}}
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Category:1926 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:American Quakers
Category:Farmers from Indiana
Category:Candidates in the 1984 United States elections
Category:Democratic Party Indiana state senators
Category:Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
Category:Purdue University College of Agriculture alumni
Category:People from Hartford City, Indiana
Category:People from Grant County, Indiana
Category:20th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly

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