Peleg Sprague

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name =Peleg Sprague


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state =Maine
district =6th
term_start =March 4, 1825
term_end =March 3, 1829
preceded =Stephen Longfellow
succeeded =George Evans
order2 =United States Senator
from Maine
term_start2 =March 4, 1829
term_end2 =January 1, 1835
preceded2 =John Chandler
succeeded2 =John Ruggles
birth_date =April 27, 1793
birth_place =Duxbury, Massachusetts
death_date =October 13, 1880
death_place =Boston, Massachusetts
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alma_mater =Harvard University
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Peleg Sprague (April 27, 1793—October 13, 1880) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.

Biography

Sprague was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts. In 1812 he graduated from Harvard University, and studied law in Litchfield, Connecticut. Sprague was admitted to the bar in August 1815 and began practice in Augusta, Maine. In 1817, he moved to Hallowell, where he continued his practice.

The political career of Sprague began when he served as a member of the State House from 1821 to 1822. In 1823, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's fourth congressional district, serving from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829, when he became a United States Senate. Sprague continued to serve in the Senate until January 1, 1835, when he again resigned. Sprague practiced law in Boston and was appointed as a judge on a U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in 1841, serving until 1865. He was a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840.

Sprague died in Boston in 1880. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Sprague was a corporate member of the Maine Historical Society.

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