Charles Franklin Sprague (June 10, 1857 – January 30, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, grandson of Peleg Sprague (1793–1880).
Biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sprague attended the public schools and was graduated from Harvard University in 1879. He studied law at Harvard Law School before completing his studies at BU Law. He was admitted to the bar in Boston.[3]
He married Mary Bryant Pratt in November 1891.[3][4]
He served as member of the Boston Common Council in 1889 and 1890, and then in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1891 and 1892. He chaired the board of park commissioners of the city of Boston in 1893 and 1894, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1895 and 1896.[5][6]
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,[5] on January 30, 1902, and was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.
References
- ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1894). A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators. Vol. III. Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman. p. 125. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1897). A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators. Vol. VI. Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman. p. 120. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Toomey, Daniel P. (1892). Quinn, Thomas C. (ed.). Massachusetts of To-Day: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. p. 228. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Benton, Nicholas (2004). The Seven Weld Brothers, 1800 to 2000: A Contemporary Genealogy. New York, NY: iUniverse, Inc. p. 2. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Charles F. Sprague Dead.; Massachusetts ex-Congressman Was Richest Man in House of Representatives and Prominent in Boston Society" (PDF). The New York Times. Boston. January 31, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1896). A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators. Vol. V. Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman. p. 133. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
External links
- United States Congress. "Charles F. Sprague (id: S000742)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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