Levi C. Wade

Levi Clifford Wade
President of the Mexican Central Railroad[1]
In office
1884[1]  1891[1]
Preceded by Thomas Nickerson
Succeeded by Stephen W. Reynolds [2]
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1879–1879
Preceded by John Davis Long
Succeeded by Charles J. Noyes
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1876–1879
Personal details
Born January 18, 1843
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
Died March 21, 1891[3]
Oak Hill Newton, Massachusetts [3]
Nationality American
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Margaret R. Rogers[4]
Alma mater Yale College, 1866.[3]
Profession Lawyer, politician, railroad executive.
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Levi Clifford Wade (January 18, 1843 – March 21, 1891) was a lawyer, politician and railroad executive who served as a member, and the Speaker of, the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1879,[4] and as the president of the Mexican Central Railway[4] from 1884 until his death in 1891.[1]

Early life

Wade was born on January 18, 1843 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.[4]

Education

Wade graduated from Yale College in 1866.[3]

Family life

Wade married Margaret R. Rogers[4][5] of[5] Bath, Maine. on November 6, 1869.[4]

Businesses career

From 1875 to May 1, 1880, Wade practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts, first as a solo practitioner, then for the last three years, in partnership with John Q. A. Brackett.[3]

Career in the railroad industry

Wade was the President of the Mexican Central Railway from 1884 until his death 1901.[4][1]

Illness and death

On March 21, 1891,[3] after a lingering illness of only a few weeks, Wade died at his residence at Oak Hill, Newton, Massachusetts.[6]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Pletcher, David M. (1998), The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment: American Economic Expansion in the Hemisphere, 1865-1900, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, p. 96.
  2. Busbey, T. A. (1893), Who's Who in Railroading and Rail Transit - Edition of 1893, Chicago, Illinois: The Lakeside Press, p. 308.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bacon, Edwin Monroe (1892), "Boston of To-Day: A Glance at Its History and Characteristics", Post Publishing Company, Boston, Ma, p. 430.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. III, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 171.
  5. 1 2 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. III, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 172.
  6. Boston Daily Globe (March 22, 1891), LEVI C. WADE IS DEAD. Teacher, Lawyer and Leading Railroad Man--Has Been Speaker of the State House of Representatives., Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Daily Globe, p. 6.
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by
John Davis Long
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1879
Succeeded by
Charles J. Noyes
Business positions
Preceded by
Thomas Nickerson
President of the Mexican Central Railway
1884-1891
Succeeded by
Stephen W. Reynolds
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