George Wagener was an American politician from New York.
From 1831 to 1849, he lived on the Bluff Point, the peninsula between the two northern branches of Keuka Lake in Jerusalem, New York. He was Supervisor of the Town of Jerusalem in 1843, and a Justice of the Peace in 1844. He was Sheriff of Yates County from 1850 to 1852, and from 1868 to 1870.
In 1874, he was elected on the Democratic ticket an Inspector of State Prisons, and was in office from January 1875 to February 1877. The office was abolished by a constitutional amendment in 1876, and the three last Inspectors of State Prisons - Wagener, Rodney R. Crowley and Robert H. Anderson - left office upon the appointment of Louis D. Pilsbury as Superintendent of State Prisons.
Jerusalem is a town in Yates County, New York. The population was 4,405 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the city of Jerusalem.
Penn Yan is an incorporated village and the county seat of Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 5,159 at the 2010 census. It lies at the north end of the east branch of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. Penn Yan, New York is home to one of the oldest mills in the United States, The Birkett Mills, founded in 1797.
Elijah Spencer was an American politician from New York.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in South Carolina. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders, which houses between 500 and 549 inmates.
Noble Strong Elderkin was an American politician from New York. He was Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1850.
The 1874 New York state election was held on November 3, 1874, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and one member of the New York State Senate.
Darius Adams Ogden was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
The Inspector of State Prisons was a statewide elective office created by the New York State Constitution of 1846. At the 1847 New York state election, three Inspectors were elected and then, upon taking office, so classified that henceforth every year one Inspector would be elected to a three-year term. The Prison Inspectors appointed wardens and keepers and supervised the prison administration in general. They were required to visit jointly four times a year each one of the state prisons. Besides, each one of the Inspectors was allotted the special care to one of the then existing three state prisons where he had to attend to business for at least one week per month.
Ezra Graves was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Thomas Kirkpatrick was an American politician from New York.
David B. McNeil was an American politician from New York.
Rodney Rufus Crowley was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a New York Inspector of State Prisons from 1876 to 1877.
Robert H. Anderson was an American politician from New York.
William A. Russell was an American politician from New York.
Abraham Wagener House is a historic house located at Jerusalem in Yates County, New York. This Greek Revival style structure was built about 1833 and features a monumental proportioned temple portico with full pediment and wide entablature supported by massive two-story columns.
H. Allen Wagener House, also known as Brandywine, is a historic home located at Jerusalem in Yates County, New York. It is a Classical Revival style structure built about 1935.
Roderick M. Morrison House, also known as Morrison-Wagener House, is a historic home located at Milo Center in Yates County, New York. It is a Roman Classical style structure built about 1825.
Charles Wagener House is a historic home located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure built about 1838.