Wade H. Ellis

Wade Hampton Ellis
23rd Ohio Attorney General
In office
January 11, 1904 – November 6, 1908
GovernorMyron T. Herrick
John M. Pattison
Preceded byJohn M. Sheets
Succeeded byUlysses G. Denman
Personal details
Born(1866-12-31)December 31, 1866
Covington, Kentucky
DiedJuly 5, 1948(1948-07-05) (aged 81)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDessie Corwin Chase
Alma materWashington and Lee University
Miami University of Ohio

Wade Hampton Ellis (December 31, 1866 – July 5, 1948) was a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Ohio who served as Ohio Attorney General (1904–1908), then Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States (1909–1911) and special counsel to the U.S. Department of Justice where he gained fame as a trust buster before resuming a private practice. The United States Supreme Court also appointed Ellis as special master in the case of Massachusetts v. New York. While splitting his time between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio, Ellis acquired and restored Rippon Lodge, which proved to be built by his ancestors and which a descendant placed on the National Register for Historic Places[1]

  1. ^ Alicea, Jessica Maria (2019). Memory of time : the history of Rippon Lodge in Woodbridge, Virginia. John Nathan McDonald, Recreation & Tourism. Historic Preservation Division Prince William County. Dept. of Parks. Dumfries, VA: Prince William County Office of Historic Preservation, Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. ISBN 978-1-7338720-3-4. OCLC 1341850514.