WAGGAMAN, George Augustus, a
Senator from Louisiana; born in Caroline County, Md., in 1782;
completed preparatory studies under private tutors; studied law;
admitted to the bar in Caroline County, Md., in 1811; served in the War
of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans; settled in Baton
Rouge, La., and commenced the practice of law in 1813; attorney general
of the third district of Louisiana in 1813; judge of the third judicial
circuit court in 1818; assistant judge of the criminal court in New
Orleans in 1819; interested in sugarcane growing; secretary of state of
Louisiana 1830-1832; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward
Livingston and served from November 15, 1831, to March 3, 1835; resumed
the practice of law in New Orleans and also again engaged in sugarcane
planting; participated as a principal in a duel and received injuries
from which he died in New Orleans, La., March 31, 1843; interment in
Girod Cemetery.Biographical Directory of the United States Congress