Edward Wade
Edward Wade | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th district | |
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Eben Newton |
Succeeded by | Albert G. Riddle |
Personal details | |
Born | West Springfield, Massachusetts | November 22, 1802
Died | August 13, 1866 East Cleveland, Ohio | (aged 63)
Political party | Republican |
Edward Wade (November 22, 1802 – August 13, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1853 to 1861. He was the brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade.
Biography
[edit]Born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Wade received a limited schooling. He moved to Andover, Ohio, in 1821, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Jefferson, Ohio. He was served as Justice of the Peace of Ashtabula County in 1831. He moved to Unionville in 1832. He served as prosecuting attorney of Ashtabula County 1833. He moved to Cleveland in 1837.
Congress
[edit]Wade was elected as a Free-Soil candidate to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861). In January 1854, he was one of six signatories of the "Appeal of the Independent Democrats", drafted to oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860.
Death
[edit]He died in East Cleveland, Ohio, August 13, 1866, and was interred in Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Perkins, Olivera (December 4, 2016). "Marketing Cleveland". The Plain Dealer. p. F1.
Bibliography
[edit]- United States Congress. "Edward Wade (id: W000006)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1802 births
- 1866 deaths
- People from West Springfield, Massachusetts
- Ohio Free Soilers
- Free Soil Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- People from Jefferson, Ohio
- Ohio lawyers
- 19th-century American legislators
- Burials at Woodland Cemetery (Cleveland)
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio