See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

FRANKLIN See also:

• WADE (or WAAD), SIR WILLIAM (1546-1623)
• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WADE (1800-1878)
• WADE, GEORGE (1673-1748)
• WADE, SIR THOMAS FRANCIS (1818-1895)
• WADE, THOMAS (18o5-1875)

WADE (1800-1878)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• SPRINGFIELD

Springfield, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 27th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1800, of Puritan ancestry . He was reared on a See also:

• FARM

farm, receiving little systematic See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and in 1821 he removed with his See also:

• FAMILY

family to See also:

• ANDOVER

Andover, in the Western Reserve of See also:

• OHIO

Ohio . Here he spent two more years on a farm, and then, securing employment as a drover, worked his way to See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia and finally to See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, where for two years he taught school, studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, and was a labourer on the See also:

• ERIE

Erie See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal . Returning to Ohio in 1825, he studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at Canfield, was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1827, and began practice at See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson, See also:

• ASHTABULA

Ashtabula See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, where from 1831 to 1837 he was a law partner of See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua R . See also:

• GIDDINGS, JOSHUA REED (1795-1864)

Giddings, the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . During 1837–1839 and 1841–1843 he was a Whig member of the Ohio See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate . From 1847 until 1851 he was a state See also:

• DISTRICT

district See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, and from 1851 until 1869 was a member of the See also:

• UNITED

United States Senate, first as an anti-slavery Whig and later as a Republican . In the Senate See also:

• WADE (or WAAD), SIR WILLIAM (1546-1623)
• WADE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1800-1878)
• WADE, GEORGE (1673-1748)
• WADE, SIR THOMAS FRANCIS (1818-1895)
• WADE, THOMAS (18o5-1875)

Wade was from the first an uncompromising opponent of slavery, his See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter denunciations of that institution and of the slaveholders receiving added force from his rugged honesty and sincerity . His See also:

• BLUNT, JOHN HENRY (1823–1884)
• BLUNT, JOHN JAMES (1794–1855)
• BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN (184o— )

blunt, See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory and his somewhat rough See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners were characteristic . After the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he was one of the most vigorous critics of the See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, whose Ohio member, See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon P . See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

Chase, had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• RIVAL

rival . He advocated the immediate emancipation and arming of the slaves, the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of prominent See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern leaders, and the wholesale See also:

• CONFISCATION (from Lat. confiscare, to consign to the fiscus, or imperial treasury)

confiscation of Confederate See also:

• PROPERTY

property .

During 1861–1862 he was chairman of the important See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee on the conduct of the war, and in 1862, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories, was instrumental in abolishing slavery in the Federal Territories . In 1864, with H . W . See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis (q.v.), he secured the passage of the Wade-Davis See also:

• BILL

Bill (for the reconstruction of the Southern States), the fundamental principle of which was that reconstruction was a legislative, not an executive, problem . This bill was passed by both houses of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, just before their See also:

• ADJOURNMENT (through the French from the Late Lat. adjurnare, to put off until or summon for another day)

adjournment, but See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President Lincoln withheld his See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature, and on the 8th of See also:

• JULY

July issued a See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation explaining his course and defining his position . Soon afterward (Aug . 5) Wade and Davis published in the New York See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

Tribune the famous " Wade-Davis Manifesto," a vituperative document impugning the President's honesty of purpose and attacking his leadership . As long as President See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson promised severe treatment of the conquered See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South, Wade supported him, but when the President definitively adopted the more lenient policy of his predecessor, Wade became one of his most bitter and uncompromising opponents . In 1867 he was elected president See also:

• PRO

pro tem. of the Senate, thus becoming acting See also:

• VICE

vice-president . He voted for Johnson's conviction on his trial for See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment, and for this was severely criticized, since, in the event of conviction, he would have become president; but Wade's whole course before and after the trial would seem to belie the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge that he was actuated by any such See also:

• MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive . After leaving the Senate he resumed his law practice, becoming See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney for the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Pacific railway, and in 1871 he was a member of President See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant's Santo Domingo See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission . He died at Jefferson, Ohio, on the 2nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1878 .

His son, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

FRANKLIN WADE (b . 1843), was See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the 6th United States (coloured) See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry during the Civil War, and attained the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1903, commanding the army in the Philippines in 19o3-1904 See A . G . Riddle, See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin F . Wade (See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland, Ohio, 1886) .