WADE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

(1800-1878), an American statesman, born in Springfield, Ma . After teaching school for several years he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He was elected state senator in 1837 and again in 1841, in 1847 was chosen pre= siding judge of the 3d Judicial District of Ohio and later was elected United States senator three times, 1851, 1857 and 1863. In the se ion of 1861-62 he was appointed chairman of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War and also served as president of the senate, and acting Vice-President of the United. States.