Henry Wade

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district attorney human lawyer

Henry Wade was the Dallas County district attorney whose role in enforcing Texas abortion laws led to his being the named respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	district attorney ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
causeOfDeath	Parkinson's disease ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1914-11-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2001-03-01 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Texas School of Law ⓘ University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
employer	Dallas County, Texas ⓘ surface form: Dallas County
enforced	Texas abortion laws ⓘ
ethnicGroup	White American ⓘ
familyName	Wade ⓘ
fieldOfWork	criminal law ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
hasHonor	Dallas County Criminal Courts Building renamed Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center ⓘ
jurisdiction	Dallas County, Texas ⓘ
knownFor	tough-on-crime prosecution approach ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableFor	being the named respondent in Roe v. Wade ⓘ involvement in high-profile criminal cases in Dallas County ⓘ long tenure as Dallas County District Attorney ⓘ
notableWork	prosecution policies in Dallas County ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ
participantIn	Roe v. Wade ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Rockwall County, Texas ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Dallas, Texas ⓘ
positionHeld	Dallas County District Attorney ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
replacedBy	John Vance ⓘ
residence	Dallas, Texas ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Yvonne Hillman Wade ⓘ
stateOfOrigin	Texas ⓘ
termInOfficeEnd	1987 ⓘ
termInOfficeStart	1951 ⓘ
workLocation	Dallas County, Texas ⓘ Dallas, Texas ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roe v. Wade → hasRespondent → Henry Wade ⓘ

Jane Roe → opposedBy → Henry Wade ⓘ