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William Kneeland Townsend (June 12 1849 – June 2 1907) was a federal judge in the United States.A native of New Haven Connecticut Townsend attended both Yale College where he was a member of Skull and Bones and Yale Law School. He worked for several years as a lawyer in private practice in New Haven including as an attorney for the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad. From 1880 to 1882 Townsend was an alderman of the City of New Haven.