David D. Wagener Explained

David Douglas Wagener
Birth Date:	11 October 1792
Birth Place:	Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
State:	Pennsylvania
District:	7th
Term Start:	March 4, 1833
Term End:	March 3, 1841
Preceded:	Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
Succeeded:	John Westbrook
Party:	Democratic Party

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 in 1852, and was its president until his death in Easton in 1860. He was interred in the Easton Cemetery.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and 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.