Edward Wade

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Edward Wade

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	(1802-11-22)November 22, 1802 West Springfield, Massachusetts
Died	August 13, 1866(1866-08-13) (aged 63) East Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Republican

Edward Wade (November 22, 1802 – August 13, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade.

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.

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. He died in East Cleveland, Ohio, August 13, 1866. He was interred in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

Source

Edward Wade at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Ohio 19	Leavitt Kilgore Swearingen Stokely Tilden Crowell Newton Wade Riddle Garfield Taylor Northway Dick Thomas Bathrick Cooper Kirwan Carney Williams Feighan Fingerhut LaTourette

Ohio 20	Giddings Hutchins Parsons Payne Townsend Paige McKinley Crouse Smyser Taylor White Beach Phillips Beidler Howland Gordon Mooney Norton Mooney Sweeney Feighan Stanton Oakar

Other Ohio Districts: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Other

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 14387862 LCCN: no98069553

Persondata
Name	Wade, Edward
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 22, 1802
Place of birth	West Springfield, Massachusetts
Date of death	August 13, 1866
Place of death	East Cleveland, Ohio

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