Charles F. Sprague Politician

Charles Franklin Sprague (June 10, 1857 – January 30, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, grandson of Peleg Sprague (1793–1880).Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sprague attended the public schools and was graduated from Harvard University in 1879.He studied law at the Harvard Law School and the Boston University and was admitted to the bar in Boston.He served as member of the Boston Common Council in 1889 and 1890.He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1891 and 1892.He served as chairman of the board of park commissioners of the city of Boston in 1893 and 1894.Sprague served in the State senate in 1895 and 1896.Sprague was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.He died in the Butler Sanitarium in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 30, 1902.He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 10, 1857
Birth place
Boston
Date of deathJanuary 30, 1902
Place of death
Providence Rhode Island
Resting place
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Education
Harvard University
Harvard Law School

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Politician

office
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Ninth Suffolk District
party
Republican Party (United States)
region
Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

Charles F. Sprague on Wikipedia

External resources

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