George Edmund Badger (b. April 17, 1795, d. May 11, 1866)
George Edmund Badger (son of Thomas Badger and Lydia Cogdell) was born April 17, 1795 in Newbern, N. C, and died May 11, 1866 in Raleigh, N. C.. He married (1) Mary Polk. He married (2) Delia Haywood on April 16, 1836.
Notes for George Edmund Badger: GEORGE EDMUND BADGER, son of Thomas and Lydia (Cogdell) Badger, born April 17, 1795, in Newbern, N. C.; died May 11, 1866, in Raleigh, N. C. He was graduated at Yale, 1813; studied and practiced law; received his law license by special act of Legislature when 19; was elected to the Legislature in 1816; in 1820 was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court, which position he resigned in 1825; was appointed Secretary of the Navy in 1841; was elected a Senator in Congress in 1846, and was re-elected in 1849 for a term of six years, serving on the Committees on Military and Naval Affairs; was subsequently wholly devoted to his profession, visiting Washington occasionally to argue cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. On his retirement from the Senate that body passed a unanimous resolution of regret, the only time such a thing has ever been done.
Married (1) December 24, 1818, REBECCA TURNER, who died about 1823, daughter of Governor James and Mary (Anderson) Turner of Warren, N. C. No children.
Married (2) MARY BROWN POLK, daughter of Colonel William Polk of Revolutionary fame, and Sarah Hawkins, his wife. She was born April 17, 1795, at New Bern, N. C., and died in Raleigh, May 11, 1866.
Married (3) April 16, 1836, DELIA (HAYWOOD) WILLIAMS, born August 6, 1807; died November 16, 1876, in Raleigh, daughter of Sherwood Haywood of Raleigh, and widow of General William Williams.
More About George Edmund Badger and Delia Haywood: Marriage: April 16, 1836
Children of George Edmund Badger and Mary Polk are:
George Edmund Badger (b. April 17, 1795, d. May 11, 1866)
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