David Douglas Wagener (October 11, 1792 – October 1, 1860) was a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Wagener was born in
Easton, Pennsylvania
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on October 11, 1972. He was captain of the Easton Union Guards from 1816 to 1829.
Wagener was elected as a
Jacksonian to the
Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth Congresses and elected as a
Democrat
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Politics
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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.
In 1852, he established the Easton Bank in 1852, and was its president until his death in Easton in 1860. He was interred in the
Easton Cemetery
Easton Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Easton, Pennsylvania and the burial site of many notable individuals. ''Note:'' This includes
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Easton Cemetery's ...
.
["Wagener, David Douglas," ''The Political Graveyard''.]
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Politicians from Easton, Pennsylvania
American bankers
1792 births
1860 deaths
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania