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Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

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  Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878) — also known as Benjamin F. Wade — of Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden County, Mass., October 27, 1800. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Ashtabula County Prosecuting Attorney, 1835-37; member of Ohio state senate, 1837-38, 1841-42; circuit judge in Ohio, 1847-51; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1851-69; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1868. Died in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 2, 1878 (age 77 years, 126 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of James Wade and Mary (Upham) Wade; brother of Edward Wade; married to Caroline Marie Rosecrans; uncle of Decius Spear Wade and Ellen Maria Wade (who married Schuyler Colfax Jr.); granduncle of Schuyler Colfax III.
  Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Wade (1802-1866) — of Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio; Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio; Unionville, Ashtabula County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in West Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., November 22, 1802. Lawyer; Ashtabula County Justice of the Peace, 1831; Ashtabula County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1853-61. Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 13, 1866 (age 63 years, 264 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of James Wade and Mary (Upham) Wade; brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade; married to Sarah Louisa Atkins and Mary P. Hall; uncle of Decius Spear Wade and Ellen Maria Wade (who married Schuyler Colfax Jr.); granduncle of Schuyler Colfax III.
  Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) — also known as "The Christian Statesman"; "Smiler" — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 23, 1823. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1852; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1863-69; Vice President of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1872. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Died in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn., January 13, 1885 (age 61 years, 296 days). Interment at South Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married 1844 to Evelyn Clark; married, November 18, 1868, to Ellen Maria Wade (niece of Benjamin Franklin Wade and Edward Wade; first cousin of Decius Spear Wade); father of Schuyler Colfax III.
  Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.
  Colfax counties in Neb. and N.M. are named for him.
  The city of Schuyler, Nebraska, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H. Smith, Schuyler Colfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol — James S. Brisbin, The campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax — Willard H. Smith, Schuyler Colfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 — Willard H. Smith, Schuyler Colfax: a reappraisal
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  Decius Spear Wade (1835-1905) — also known as Decius Wade; "Father of Montana Jurisprudence" — of Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio, January 23, 1835. Lawyer; novelist; Ashtabula County Probate Judge, 1861-67; member of Ohio state senate, 1868; chief justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1871-87. Died in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio, August 3, 1905 (age 70 years, 192 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Wade and Juliet (Spear) Wade; married, June 3, 1863, to Bernice Galpin; nephew of Benjamin Franklin Wade and Edward Wade; first cousin of Ellen Maria Wade (who married Schuyler Colfax Jr.); first cousin once removed of Schuyler Colfax III.
  Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Strangest Names in American Political History
  Ellen Maria Colfax (1836-1911) — also known as Ellen Maria Wade — Born in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio, July 26, 1836. Second Lady of the United States, 1869-73. Female. Died in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., March 4, 1911 (age 74 years, 221 days). Interment at South Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Daughter of Theodore L. Wade and Augusta Matilda (Bettes) Wade; married, November 18, 1868, to Schuyler Colfax Jr.; mother of Schuyler Colfax III; niece of Benjamin Franklin Wade and Edward Wade; first cousin of Decius Spear Wade.
  Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Schuyler Colfax III (1870-1925) — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Washington, D.C., April 11, 1870. Mayor of South Bend, Ind., 1898-1901. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., March 29, 1925 (age 54 years, 352 days). Interment at South Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Schuyler Colfax Jr. and Ellen Maria Colfax; married 1895 to Catherine Elizabeth Nelson; grandnephew of Benjamin Franklin Wade and Edward Wade; first cousin once removed of Decius Spear Wade.
  Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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