| LC control no. | n 93060853 |
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| Personal name heading | Waggaman, George Augustus, 1790-1843 |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Tulane Univ. Lib. (New Orleans, La.) for McDonogh, J. Papers, 1789-1869 (George A. Waggaman; corresponded with John McDonogh about the Florida land claims controversy) A Dict. of La. biog., c1988: v. 2, p. 817 (Waggaman, George Augustus, congressman; b. "Fairview" near Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md., 1790; s. of Sarah Ernnells and Henry Waggaman, the first attorney general of Md.; m. Marie Camille Arnoult; veteran of the War of 1812; removed to Baton Rouge; district attorney, Third Judicial District, 1813; judge, Third Judicial Court, 1818; assistant judge of the criminal court in New Orleans, 1819; secretary of state of Louisiana, 1830-1832; elected as a National-Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Livingston; served Nov. 15, 1831-Mar. 3, 1835; resumed practice of law in New Orleans and also engaged in sugarcane planting; d. New Orleans, Mar. 23, 1843, of injuries received in a duel with a leader of the Democratic faction) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Feb. 2, 2008 (Waggaman, George Augustus, a Senator from La.; b. in Caroline County, Md., in 1782; d. Mar. 31, 1843) WwW in Am. (Waggaman, George Augustus, senator; b. "Fairview", nr. Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md., 1790; d. Mar. 22, 1843) |
| Not found in | LC database, Feb. 2, 2008. |
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