# David Wager

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{{Short description|American politician (1804–1870)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name           = David Wager
| image          =
| alt            =
| state_senate   = New York
| district       = 5th
| term_start     = 1836
| term_end       = 1840
| predecessor    = John G. Stower
| successor      = Henry A. Foster
| prior_term     =
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1804|3|17}}
| birth_place    =
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1870|7|27|1804|3|17}}
| death_place    =
| resting_place  = [Forest Hill Cemetery](/source/Forest_Hill_Cemetery_(Utica%2C_New_York))<br />[Utica, New York](/source/Utica%2C_New_York), U.S.
}}

'''David Wager''' (March 17, 1804 – July 27, 1870) was an American politician from New York.

==Life==
He was a member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) (Oneida Co.) in [1833](/source/56th_New_York_State_Legislature) and [1835](/source/58th_New_York_State_Legislature).

He was a member of the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) (5th D.) from 1836 to 1840, sitting in the [59th](/source/59th_New_York_State_Legislature), [60th](/source/60th_New_York_State_Legislature), [61st](/source/61st_New_York_State_Legislature), [62nd](/source/62nd_New_York_State_Legislature) and [63rd New York State Legislature](/source/63rd_New_York_State_Legislature)s.

In 1840, he married Mary Eliza Williams (c. 1811–1904), daughter of Judge [Nathan Williams](/source/Nathan_Williams_(New_York_politician)) (1773–1835). Their daughter Mary Wager married in 1863 State Senator [Alexander T. Goodwin](/source/Alexander_T._Goodwin) (1837–1899).

Wager died on July 27, 1870.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110833482/death-of-a-prominent-politician-31-jul/ |title=Death of a Prominent Politician |date=1870-07-31 |newspaper=[Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press) |page=2 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |access-date=2022-10-06}}{{Open access}}</ref> David Wager and his wife were buried at the [Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica](/source/Forest_Hill_Cemetery%2C_Utica).

Gen. [Henry Halleck](/source/Henry_Halleck) (1815–1872) and Bishop [Henry Benjamin Whipple](/source/Henry_Benjamin_Whipple) (1822–1901) were his nephews.<ref name="Whipple">{{cite magazine |last=Whipple |first=Henry B. |date=November 1924 |title=Bishop Whipple's Disavowal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuggp5SNkUAC&pg=RA2-PA31 |magazine=Burton Historical Collection Leaflet |location=Detroit |publisher=Detroit Public Library |page=31 |via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref><ref name="Berg">{{cite book |last=Berg |first=Scott W. |date=2012 |title=38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ra5sAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 |location=New York |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=51, 128‒130 |isbn=978-0-3073-8913-8 |via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> [Charles H. Whipple](/source/Charles_H._Whipple) was his grand nephew.<ref name="Whipple"/><ref name="Berg"/>

==References==
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==Sources==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA131 ''The New York Civil List''] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pp.&nbsp;131f, 147, 214, 217 and 313; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/01/04/100461619.pdf Death notice] of his widow, in NYT on January 4, 1904
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KltJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA151 Marriage notice] in ''American Masonic Register and Literary Companion'' (issue of January 11, 1840; p.&nbsp;151)
* Genealogy of the Whipple-Wright Wager Ward-Pell Mclean-Burnet Families together with records of Allied Families by Chyarles H. Whipple 1917 p.&nbsp;56

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave}}

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{{succession box | before = [John G. Stower](/source/John_G._Stower) | title = [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) <br>Fifth District (Class 2) | years = 1836–1840 | after = [Henry A. Foster](/source/Henry_A._Foster)}}
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Category:1804 births
Category:1870 deaths
Category:Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Category:Politicians from Utica, New York
Category:Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:Burials at Forest Hill Cemetery (Utica, New York)

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