Peter Hager II (November 20, 1784 – January 26, 1854 in Hector, then in Tompkins Co., now in

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) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Capt. John Hager (ca. 1762–1818) and Nancy (Patchen) Hager (1764–1849). He married Amanda Smith (b. 1787), and they had ten children. Later he married Abigail Platt (b. 1794). Hager was a member of the

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representing Tompkins County, New York in 1820–21,

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and

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. He was also a member of the

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(6th D.) from 1826 to 1829, sitting in the 49th, 50th, 51st and

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s. He was Sheriff of Tompkins County, New York from 1832 to 1834. Hager was buried at the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Hector.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 126ff, 141, 199ff, 278 and 408; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Hager genealogy
at RootsWeb
''The Early Germans of New Jersey''
by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers (Dover NJ, 1895; reprinted 2000; pg. 392) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hager, Peter II 1784 births 1854 deaths People from Tompkins County, New York New York (state) state senators Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Democratic-Republicans Sheriffs of Tompkins County, New York People from Schuyler County, New York 19th-century American politicians