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==Background==
==Background==
Wade was born in Feeding Hills, [[Massachusetts]] to James Wade and the former Mary Upham, the fifth of six children.<ref name=battlefieldtrust>[https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/benjamin-wade Benjamin Wade]. ''American Battlefield Trust''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref> Educated by his mother and growing up as a laborer, his family moved to Andover, Ohio in 1821. Wade proceeded to study [[medicine]] in [[Albany]], New York, though ultimately decided against seeking a medical career.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/>
Wade was born in Feeding Hills, [[Massachusetts]] to James Wade and the former Mary Upham, the fifth of six children.<ref name=battlefieldtrust>[https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/benjamin-wade Benjamin Wade]. ''American Battlefield Trust''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref> Educated by his mother and growing up as a laborer, his family moved to Andover, Ohio in 1821. Wade proceeded to study [[medicine]] in [[Albany]], New York, though ultimately decided against seeking a medical career.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/>
Returning to Ohio in 1825, Wade began to study law.<ref name=ohiohistorycentralbio>[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Benjamin_F._Wade Benjamin F. Wade]. ''Ohio History Central''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref> After admitted to the state bar three years later, he soon opened a law office in Jefferson.
==Political career==
==Political career==
Wade's life in politics began as a prosecutor and local judge.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> During the late 1830s and early 1840s, Wade served in the state legislature, where he established a reputation as a staunch [[abolitionist]] and advocate of [[civil rights]], pushing for the repeal of racist "Black Codes."<ref>[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Benjamin_F._Wade Benjamin F. Wade]. ''Ohio History Central''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref> Like many abolitionists in his day, Wade was sympathetic to the views espoused by [[Thomas Jefferson]].
Wade's life in politics began as a prosecutor and local judge.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> During the late 1830s and early 1840s, Wade served in the state legislature, where he established a reputation as a staunch [[abolitionist]] and advocate of [[civil rights]], pushing for the repeal of racist "Black Codes."<ref name=ohiohistorycentralbio/> Like many abolitionists in his day, Wade was sympathetic to the views espoused by [[Thomas Jefferson]].
He was a member of the [[Whig Party]] during this period.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> Among his political positions, Wade opposed special privileges for [[corporation]]s in addition to imprisoning debtors.<ref name=encyclopedia.com>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/benjamin-franklin-wade Benjamin Franklin Wade]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>
He was a member of the [[Whig Party]] during this period.<ref name=battlefieldtrust/> Among his political positions, Wade opposed special privileges for [[corporation]]s in addition to imprisoning debtors.<ref name=encyclopedia.com>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/benjamin-franklin-wade Benjamin Franklin Wade]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>