Edward Wade | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's19th district | |
| In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Eben Newton |
| Succeeded by | Albert G. Riddle |
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| 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 an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as aU.S. Representative fromOhio from 1853 to 1861. He was the brother ofBenjamin Franklin Wade.
Born inWest Springfield, Massachusetts, Wade received a limited schooling. He moved toAndover, Ohio, in 1821, where he studied law. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice inJefferson, Ohio. He was served asJustice 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 aFree-Soil candidate to theThirty-third Congress and reelected as aRepublican to theThirty-fourth,Thirty-fifth, andThirty-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 theKansas-Nebraska Act.He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860.
He died inEast Cleveland, Ohio, August 13, 1866, and was interred inWoodland Cemetery inCleveland,Ohio.[1]
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