David Douglas Wagener

Background

Wagener, David Douglas was born on October 11, 1792 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States.

Career

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 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.

He established the Easton Bank in 1852 and was its president until his death in Easton in 1860.

Interment in Easton Cemetery.

Achievements

• David Douglas Wagener has been listed as a notable congressman, businessman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States House