James Edwin Towner (May 29, 1851 – January 22, 1935) was an American politician from New York.
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He was born on May 29, 1851, in Towners, a hamlet in the Town of Patterson, Putnam County, New York, the son of Samuel Towner and Huldah (Wyatt) Towner. He attended the public schools, and graduated from Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie. He then became an auctioneer. On May 15, 1872, he married Philanda "Linnie" Elizabeth Nichols (1852–1931), and they had eight children.
He entered politics as a Republican, and was at times a Justice of the Peace, School Commissioner of Putnam County, a U.S. Customs Inspector, and a New York City real estate appraiser.
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