Charles Slade ( – July 26, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in England, Slade immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the public schools. He moved to Carlyle, Illinois. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He held several local offices. He served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, 1820 and 1826.

Charles Slade

Slade was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1833 until his death near Vincennes, Indiana on July 26, 1834.

Charles Slade

One of his sons was future Western gunfighter Jack Slade. In 1838, Slade's widow, Mary Kain, married future Civil War general Elias Dennis.

Charles Slade

See also

List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1797 births

1834 deaths

Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois

Members of the Illinois House of Representatives

English emigrants to the United States

People from Carlyle, Illinois

Illinois Jacksonians

Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives

19th-century American legislators