David Douglas Wagener (October 11, 1792 – October 1, 1860) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania."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."Wagener, David Douglas." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
Biography Wagener was born in Easton, Pennsylvania on October 11, 1792. He was captain of the Easton Union Guards from 1816 to 1829."Wagener, David Douglas," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Wagener, David Douglas," The Political Graveyard.
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."Wagener, David Douglas," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Wagener, David Douglas," The Political Graveyard.
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."Wagener, David Douglas," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Wagener, David Douglas," The Political Graveyard.
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