"Member of theIndiana House of Representatives" . "W. Wayne Townsend (May 1, 1926 \u2013 July 3, 2015) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Indiana. A Democrat, he was his party's gubernatorial nominee in 1984. Townsend was defeated by the incumbent Republican Governor Robert D. Orr in a year in which Indiana joined forty-eight other states in reelecting the Reagan-Bush ticket.Townsend was born, on May 1, 1926, on the family farm in Grant County, Indiana, near the town of Upland."@en . . "Townsend, Wayne"@en . . . "1926-05-01Z"^^ . "Wayne Townsend"@en . . "Member of theIndiana State Senate" . "2015-07-03Z"^^ . . "American politician" . "2015Z"^^ . "1926Z"^^ . . . . .