John A. Cade

John Arnold Cade (July 2, 1929 – November 14, 1996) was a Republican State Senator from District 33 in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Background Cade was first elected to office in 1975 to represent District 33, which covers a portion of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He had little difficulty getting reelected as he maintained his seat in the Senate for over 20 years.

In 1986, Cade was unchallenged in the primary election and defeated Robert J. Cancelliere with 68% of the vote in the general election. In 1990, he was again unchallenged in the Republican primary election, and this time, was also unchallenged in the general election.

Cade saw much of the same in 1994 when he was not challenged in the Republican primary election, nor was he challenged in the general election.

In 1996, Cade died while in Ocean City, Maryland. Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening swore in Robert R. Neall on December 17, 1996, to replace Cade. Neall was elected in a special election in November 1996 after he switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat.

Education Cade attended Kentucky and Ohio parochial schools while growing up. He graduated from Xavier University in 1953 with his B.S. degree. He received his M.B.A. from Northwestern University a year later in 1954. He completed 2 years of law school at Chase College and the University of Maryland. Finally, he graduated from the Graduate Realtor's Institute (G.R.I.) to become a real estate agent.

Senator Cade also has a state education formula named after him, the John A. Cade Funding Formula (Education Article, §§11-105(c) and 16-305).

At Anne Arundel Community College, located in the Arnold campus, a building housing most of the school's art department was named for him as the Cade Center for Fine Arts.