HENRY WADE
Name: Henry Wade
Born: 11 November 1914
Died: 1 March 2001
Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 - March 1, 2001), was a Texas lawyer who
participated in two of the most notable U.S. court cases of the 20th century,
the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald and the U.S. Supreme
Court's decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade. In addition, Wade was
District Attorney when Randall Dale Adams, the subject of the documentary film
The Thin Blue Line, was convicted in the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police
officer.
Wade, one of eleven children, was born in Rockwall County, Texas, outside Dallas.
A good student, Wade, along with five of his seven brothers, entered the legal
profession. Shortly after graduating from the University of Texas, in 1939, Wade
joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then headed by the towering figure
of J. Edgar Hoover. Wade's assignment as Special Agent was to investigate
espionage cases along the East Coast of the United States and in South America.
During World War II, Wade served in the U.S. Navy, taking part in the invasions
of the Philippines and Okinawa.
Name: Henry Wade
Born: 11 November 1914
Died: 1 March 2001
Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 - March 1, 2001), was a Texas lawyer who
participated in two of the most notable U.S. court cases of the 20th century,
the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald and the U.S. Supreme
Court's decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade. In addition, Wade was
District Attorney when Randall Dale Adams, the subject of the documentary film
The Thin Blue Line, was convicted in the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police
officer.
Wade, one of eleven children, was born in Rockwall County, Texas, outside Dallas.
A good student, Wade, along with five of his seven brothers, entered the legal
profession. Shortly after graduating from the University of Texas, in 1939, Wade
joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then headed by the towering figure
of J. Edgar Hoover. Wade's assignment as Special Agent was to investigate
espionage cases along the East Coast of the United States and in South America.
During World War II, Wade served in the U.S. Navy, taking part in the invasions
of the Philippines and Okinawa.