George Edmund Badger

George Badger
United States Senator
from North Carolina
In office
November 25, 1846 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byWilliam Haywood
Succeeded byAsa Biggs
12th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office
March 6, 1841 – September 11, 1841
PresidentWilliam Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Preceded byJames Paulding
Succeeded byAbel Upshur
Personal details
Born(1795-04-17)April 17, 1795
New Bern, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedMay 11, 1866(1866-05-11) (aged 71)
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
Whig
Spouse(s)Rebecca Turner (1818–1824)
Mary Brown Polk (1808–1835)
Delia Haywood Williams (1836–1866)
EducationYale University
Portrait of George Edmund Badger, by James Bogle, c. 1853

George Edmund Badger (April 17, 1795 – May 11, 1866) was an American politician who served as a Whig U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina.