Peter Joseph Wagner (August 14, 1795 – September 13, 1884) was a

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from

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. Born at Wagners Hollow in the town of

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, Wagner moved to

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, with his parents in 1805. He completed preparatory studies. He attended

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in 1810 and 1811. He was graduated from

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, in 1816. He studied law. He was

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in September 1819 and commenced practice at

. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. Wagner was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-sixth Congress). He continued the practice of law at Fort Plain until May 1873, when he retired. He died at

, September 13, 1884. He was interred in Fort Plain Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Peter Joseph 1795 births 1884 deaths Union College (New York) alumni People from Palatine, New York Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives