Wade Hampton

Wade Hampton may refer to:

  • Wade Hampton I (1752–1835), American soldier in Revolutionary War and War of 1812
  • Wade Hampton II (1791–1858), American plantation owner and soldier in War of 1812
  • Wade Hampton III (1818–1902), American Civil War soldier and politician; elected Governor and Senator of South Carolina, opponent of Reconstruction
  • William Wade Hampton (1854–1928), Florida lawyer commonly known as Wade Hampton
  • Wade Hampton Frost, professor of epidemiology

Wade Hampton may also refer to the following geographical entities, both named after Wade Hampton III:

  • Wade Hampton, South Carolina
  • Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska

Wade Hampton also may refer to:

  • Wade Hampton Boulevard

Famous quotes containing the words wade and/or hampton:

    “Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.”
    —Christopher Hampton (b. 1946)