 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Townsend akapinda musangano weRepublican National kubva muna 1912kusvika muna 1960. Kubva muna 1916 kusvika muna 1962, akashanda mukomiti inotungamira yebato renyika. Akanga ari mutevedzeri wasachigaro webato kubva muna 1920 kusvika muna 1928 uye nhengo yekomiti yenyika kwemakore makumi matatu nematatu, 1928 kusvika muna 1961. Munguva yehurumende yaWarren G. Harding, Townsend akagadzwa kunyoresa hofisi yepasi reUS kuLittle Rock kubva muna 1922 kusvika muna 1924. Hurumende yeHoover yakamutumidza kuti United States Attorney weEastern District yeArkansas, kugadzwa kwevatsigiri kwaakabata kubva muna 1930 kusvika muna 1934, paakatsiviwa muhurumende yaFranklin D. Roosevelt. Basa raTownsend pane dzimwe nguva rakafanana nerimwe gweta reLittle Rock, Osro Cobb, nhengo yeArkansas House of Representatives kubva muna 1927 kusvika 1931 yeMontgomery County. Cobb akashanda seGweta reU.S. reEastern District yeArkansas muhurumende yaDwight D. Eisenhower. 