Early Life and Career in Ohio
Wade was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, where he spent the early years of his life. He studied law in the office of his uncle Benjamin F. Wade, who was a U.S. Senator from 1851 to 1869. Wade was also the brother-in-law of Vice President Schuyler Colfax, who married Wade’s sister, and became friends with future President James Garfield. Wade was admitted to the bar in 1857, and in 1860 he was elected probate judge of Ashtabula County, a position he held for seven years. Wade married Bernice Galpin on June 3, 1863. In 1867, he was elected to a term in the Ohio Senate.
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