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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.

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 the town of Jefferson.

==Political career==

==Political career==