Member Biography

George Newton Wade Sr.

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1941-1942       31 Republican
1943-1944       31 Republican
1945-1946       31 Republican
1947-1948       31 Republican
1949-1950       31 Republican
1951-1952       31 Republican
1953-1954       31 Republican
1955-1956       31 Republican
1957-1958       31 Republican
1959       31 Republican
1960       31 Republican
1961       31 Republican
1962       31 Republican
1963       31 Republican
1964       31 Republican
1965       31 Republican
1966       31 Republican
1967       31 Republican
1968       31 Republican
1969       31 Republican
1970       31 Republican
1971       31 Republican
1972       31 Republican
1973       31 Republican
1974       31 Republican

Biography

08/13/1873 - 01/09/1974


George Newton Wade, Sr. (R31) Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry Counties 1941-1966 (R31) Adams, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, York (Part) Counties 1967-1972 (R31) Cumberland (Part) and York (Part) Counties 1973-1974

Early Life:           

George Newton Wade, Sr., born August 13, 1893, Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania; son of Isaac T. Wade and Carrie Manella Rhodabarger Wade; regimental sergeant major, United States Army, World War I, 1918-1919; farmer; coal miner; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1931-1934; elected, council, Camp Hill Borough; elected, Camp Hill School Board; Eastern Manager, Ohio National Life Insurance Company; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1941-1974; married, Anna Ruth Wade, son, Doctor George N Wade, Jr, daughter Carrie Wade; died January 9, 1974, while in office of the Senate, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Cumberland County; interment, Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1931-1934; not a candidate for reelection, 1935.  

Elected, council, Camp Hill Borough; elected, Camp Hill School Board.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 31st district, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Counties, 1941-1966; appointed, Joint State Government Commission Sub-Committee on Cooperatives, 1945-1946; appointed, Joint State Government Commission Sub-Committee on State-Local Highway Financing, 1945-1948; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on the Susquehanna River Fishways, 1947-1948; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Group Insurance, 1947-1948; appointed, chair, Joint Legislative Committee on Retirement System and Laws, 1947-1948; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 31st district, Adams, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, York (Part) Counties 1967-1972; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 31st district, Cumberland (Part) and York (Part) Counties 1973-1974.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=2363

Legacy:

August 16, 1973, Interstate 81 Bridge over Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg was dedicated, George N. Wade Bridge.

Cited:

The Morning Press (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) Thursday, January 10, 1974, page 2.

Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) Thursday, January 10, 1974, page 28.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146443077/george-newton-wade