Charles F. Sprague

Charles Franklin Sprague (June 10, 1857 – January 30, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, grandson of Peleg Sprague (1793–1880).

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	June 10, 1857 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	January 30, 1902 (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

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, 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.

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, and was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.

Notes

1. 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.

External links

• 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

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.