| George N. Wade | |
| State Senate: | Pennsylvania |
| District: | 31st |
| Term Start: | January 7, 1941 |
| Term End: | January 9, 1974 |
| Predecessor: | Robert Lee Jacobs |
| Successor: | Robert L. Myers |
| State House2: | Pennsylvania |
| District2: | Cumberland County |
| Term Start2: | 1931 |
| Term End2: | 1934 |
| Birth Date: | August 13, 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Emlenton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Date: | [1] |
George N. Wade (August 13, 1893 - January 9, 1974) was a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1941 to 1974.[2] He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[3]
The George N. Wade Memorial Bridge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is named after him.
Wade was born in Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania, on August 13, 1893.[4]
He served in the United States Army during World War I, and later worked as a farmer and a coal miner prior to his election, as a Republican, to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He served in Congress during its 1931 and 1933 terms, but was not a candidate for reelection for the 1935 term.[4]
Instead, he was elected to the Camp Hill borough council, then elected to the Camp Hill school board, and became the Eastern Manager for Ohio National Life Insurance Co.[4]
Wade would go on to hold the following positions: elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1941-1974); 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).[4]
Wade died on January 9, 1974, while still a serving member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.[4]