Wade Reavis was an American politician. Reavis was born in

Hamptonville, North Carolina Hamptonville is an unincorporated community located in southwestern Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States. Hamptonville is named for Henry Hampton (1750–1832), a colonel in the Revolutionary Army. Hampton set aside land for a town in 1806. ...

, on December 20, 1876 to parents Charles S. and Esther L. Reavis. He graduated from East Bend High School in East Bend, then enrolled at Yadkinville Normal School. Reavis completed a Bachelor of Arts at Wake Forest College in 1898, then obtained a Bachelor of Laws at Georgetown University Law Center. He practiced law and, between 1899 and 1900, served as superintendent of education in

Yadkin County Yadkin County is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,214. Its county seat is Yadkinville. Yadkin County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also in ...

. Reavis was first elected to the

North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ...

in 1911, as a Republican. He was a

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, affiliated with the A. F. and A. M Hickory Lodge.

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