Martin Joseph Wade
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Martin Joseph Wade (October 20, 1861 - April 16, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born in Burlington, Vermont, Wade moved to Iowa with his parents at an early age. He attended the common schools and St. Joseph's College (later Columbia University), Dubuque, Iowa. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1886. He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in Iowa City, Iowa from 1886 to 1893. He served as judge of the eighth judicial district of Iowa 1893-1903. Lecturer in the law department of the University of Iowa 1891-1903 and professor of medical jurisprudence 1895-1905. He served as president of the Iowa State Bar Association in 1897 and 1898.
Wade was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession in Iowa City, Iowa. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904 and 1912. He was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in 1915 and served until his death April 16, 1931, in Los Angeles, California, while on a visit in that State. He was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
