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]