George A. Waggaman

George Waggaman
George Waggaman
United States Senator; from Louisiana
	In office; November 15, 1831 – March 4, 1835
Preceded by	Edward Livingston
Succeeded by	Robert C. Nicholas
Secretary of State of Louisiana
	In office; 1828–1831
Governor	Pierre Derbigny; Armand Beauvais; Jacques Dupré
Preceded by	Pierre Derbigny
Succeeded by	George Eustis Sr.
Personal details
Born	George Augustus Waggaman; 1782; Caroline County, Maryland, U.S.
Died	March 31, 1843 (aged 60–61); New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	National Republican
Spouse	Marie Arnoult
Children	5
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Battles/wars	War of 1812

George Augustus Waggaman (1782 – March 31, 1843) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Caroline County, Maryland, he completed preparatory studies under private tutors, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Caroline County in 1811. He served in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans and settled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, commencing the practice of law in 1813. He was attorney general of the third district of Louisiana in 1813, judge of the third judicial circuit court in 1818, and assistant judge of the criminal court in New Orleans in 1819. He was interested in sugarcane growing and held the office of Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1830 to 1831.

Waggaman was elected as an anti-Jacksonian to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Livingston and served from November 15, 1831, to March 4, 1835. He resumed the practice of law in New Orleans and again engaged in sugar cane planting. He participated as a principal in a duel with the former mayor of New Orleans, Denis Prieur, a political adversary, and received injuries from which he died in New Orleans in 1843; interment was in Girod Street Cemetery.

In 1840, Waggaman's daughter Christine eloped with a young Canadian lawyer, John Sandfield Macdonald, who made regular trips to Washington on behalf of the government of Upper Canada as Queen's messenger. She joined Macdonald in Upper Canada. He would go on to be joint Premier of the Province of Canada and the first Premier of Ontario.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Bruce W. Hodgins, "John Sandfield Macdonald", in J.M.S. Careless (ed.), The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders 1841–1867 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980), pp. 248–249.

Sources[edit]

United States Congress. "George A. Waggaman (id: W000017)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links[edit]

"Waggamann, George Augustus" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1889.

Political offices
Preceded by Pierre Derbigny	Secretary of State of Louisiana 1830–1831	Succeeded by George Eustis Sr.
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Edward Livingston	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Louisiana 1831–1835 Served alongside: Josiah S. Johnston, Alexander Porter	Succeeded by Robert C. Nicholas

[1] Bruce W. Hodgins, "John Sandfield Macdonald", in J.M.S. Careless (ed.), The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders 1841–1867 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980), pp. 248–249.

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v t e United States senators from Louisiana
Class 2	Destréhan Posey Brown Claiborne Johnson Bouligny Livingston Waggaman Nicholas Barrow Soulé Downs Benjamin Harris West Kellogg Gibson Caffery Foster Ransdell H. Long R. M. Long Ellender Edwards B. Johnston Landrieu Cassidy
Class 3	Magruder Fromentin Brown J. S. Johnston Porter Mouton Conrad Porter Johnson Soulé Slidell Kellogg Eustis Jonas Eustis White Blanchard McEnery Thornton R. Broussard Guion Gay E. Broussard Overton Feazel R. B. Long Breaux Vitter Kennedy

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