Thomas M. Wade
| Thomas Magruder Wade, I | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for Tensas Parish | |
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In office 1888–1904 |
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| Preceded by | John Murdock |
| Succeeded by | Harrison Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 24, 1860 |
| Died | January 22, 1929 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Winter Green Cemetery in Port Gibson, Mississippi |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Thomas Magruder Wade (married 1883-1918, divorced but remained single on both sides) |
| Children |
Thomas M. Wade, II |
| Residence |
Newellton, Tensas Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Occupation | Educator; Politician |
October 24, 1860
Prospect Hill Plantation, Claiborne County
Thomas M. Wade, II
Grandchildren: Thomas Wade, III
Burton LaCour Wade
Thomas Magruder Wade, I (October 24, 1860 – January 22, 1929), was an educator, politician, and civic leader from Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana.
Wade was born at the Prospect Hill Plantation in Jefferson County near Fayette, Mississippi, to Isaac Ross Wade (1814-1891) and the former Catherine Elizabeth Dunbar (1820-1865). Of Scottish descent, Wade was affiliated with the Clan Gregor Society.
From 1888 to 1904, he served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. During part of his legislative tenure, Wade served alongside Robert H. Snyder of St. Joseph, who was a House Speaker. Two years after Wade left the House, Samuel W. Martien, a large cotton planter from Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish, began a 14-year tenure in the House.
Wade was a delegate to the 1898 Louisiana Constitutional Convention. He served on the Louisiana State Board of Education from 1896 to 1900 during the second administration of Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr. Such dual office-holding is no longer permitted in Louisiana. Wade also served on the Tensas Parish School Board and, he was thereafter appointed and served for at least twenty years as the Tensas school superintendent, long one of the most important positions in the small parish nestled along oxbow lakes next to the Mississippi River. In 1883, Wade married his third cousin, Anna Thomas Magruder (1862-1918). Both he and his wife had lost their mothers in early childhood. Anna's husband was named for her father, Dr. Thomas Baldwin Magruder (1800-1885), of Port Gibson in Claiborne County in southwestern Mississippi.
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