Charles F. Sprague

Charles Franklin Sprague
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
Preceded 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, 1897
Preceded by Francis William Kittredge[3]
Succeeded by Joshua Bennett Holden[4]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1891-1892
Personal details
Born (1857-06-10)June 10, 1857
Boston, Massachusetts
Died January 30, 1902(1902-01-30) (aged 44)
Providence, Rhode Island
Resting place Mount Auburn Cemetery
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Mary Bryant Pratt [5]
Alma mater Harvard University
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. 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,[1] on January 30, 1902. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.

Notes

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Bridgman, A. M. (1896), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Volume V, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 133.
  3. ↑ Bridgman, A. M. (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume III, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 124.
  4. ↑ Bridgman, A. M. (1897), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume VI, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 120.
  5. ↑ Benton, Nicholas (2004), The Seven Weld Brothers, 1800 to 2000: A Contemporary Genealogy, New York, NY: iUniverse, Inc, p. 2.
  • Charles F. Sprague at Find a Grave
  • United States Congress. "Charles F. Sprague (id: S000742)". 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
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
William F. Draper		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901		 Succeeded by
Samuel L. Powers
Political offices
Preceded by
Francis William Kittredge		 Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Ninth Suffolk District
January, 1895–January 1897		 Succeeded by
Joshua Bennett Holden

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