David Douglas Wagener (October 11, 1792 – October 1, 1860) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Biography

Wagener was born in Easton, Pennsylvania on October 11, 1792. He was captain of the Easton Union Guards from 1816 to 1829.[3][4]

Wagener was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses. He served as the chairman of the United States House Committee on Militia during the Twenty-fifth Congress.[5][6]

In 1852, he established the Easton Bank, and was its president until his death in Easton in 1860. He was interred in the Easton Cemetery.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas" (W000016), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online March 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas," The Political Graveyard.
  7. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ "Wagener, David Douglas," The Political Graveyard.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
1833–1841 		Succeeded by
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