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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioEdward WADE
(1802-1866)
WADE, Edward, (brother of
Benjamin Franklin Wade), a Representative from Ohio; born in West
Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., November 22, 1802; received a
limited schooling; moved to Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio, in
1821; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced
practice in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio; justice of the peace
of Ashtabula County in 1831; moved to Unionville in 1832;
prosecuting attorney of Ashtabula County 1833; moved to Cleveland
in 1837; 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); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; died in East
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 13, 1866; interment in
Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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