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Edolphus Towns

Politician

Edolphus Towns is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ed Towns · Edolphus Towns · אדולפוס טאונס · ادولفوس تونس · 艾多弗斯·唐斯				[sources]
Other name	Ed Towns · Towns, Edolphus · עד טאונס · 艾多弗斯·唐斯				[sources]
Weak alias	埃多爾弗斯·托恩斯				[sources]
Birth date	1934-07-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Chadbourn				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	EDOLPHUS · Ed · Edolphus				[sources]
Last name	TOWNS · Towns				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q600005				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (1991-1993) · House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · 17 more...				[sources]
Education	Adelphi University (-1973) · North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (-1956)				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Americans				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2011	2013
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	-	-
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005	2007
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007	2009
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009	2011
member of the United States House of Representatives	2007-01-06	2009-01-03
member of the United States House of Representatives	2009-01-06	2011-01-03

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Source data IDs: evpo-5c0a6479-cbd4-4f38-82ed-071b50f0ef28 · us-congress-cdeb06011be100daa4bd340550e2e29e15e9cfe0

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