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Charles Franklin Sprague Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th districtIn office
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901Preceded by William F. Draper Succeeded by Samuel L. Powers Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Ninth Suffolk District[1][2]In office
January, 1895 - January, 1897Preceded by Francis William Kittredge[3] Succeeded by Joshua Bennett Holden[4] Personal details Born June 10, 1857
Boston, MassachusettsDied January 30, 1902 (aged 44)
Providence, Rhode IslandResting place Mount Auburn Cemetery Political party Republican Spouse(s) Anna Pratt[1] Alma mater Harvard, Harvard Law School Profession Attorney 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. He 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,[1] on January 30, 1902. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.
Notes
- ^ a b c The New York Times (January 31, 1902), CHARLES F. SPRAGUE DEAD.; Massachusetts ex-Congressman Was Richest Man in House of Representatives and Prominent in Boston Society., New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, p. 9.
- ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1896), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume V, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 133.
- ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume III, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 124.
- ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1897), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume VI, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 120.
References
External links
- Charles F. Sprague at Find a Grave
- Charles F. Sprague at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- CHARLES F. SPRAGUE DEAD.; Massachusetts ex-Congressman Was Richest Man in House of Representatives and Prominent in Boston Society. New York Times Obituary
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
William F. DraperMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901Succeeded by
Samuel L. PowersPolitical offices Preceded by
Francis William KittredgeMember of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Ninth Suffolk District
January, 1895–January 1897Succeeded by
Joshua Bennett HoldenThis article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Categories:- 1857 births
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- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Massachusetts city council members
- Massachusetts State Senators
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