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 byWilliam F. Draper
Succeeded bySamuel L. Powers
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
In office
January 1895 - January 1897
Preceded byFrancis William Kittredge[1]
Succeeded byJoshua Bennett Holden[2]
ConstituencyNinth Suffolk District
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1891-1892
Member of the Boston Common Council
In office
1889–1890
Personal details
Born(1857-06-10)June 10, 1857
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 30, 1902(1902-01-30) (aged 44)
Providence, Rhode Island
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Mary Bryant Pratt
​
(m. 1891)​
Alma mater
ProfessionAttorney

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam F. Draper Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 Succeeded bySamuel L. Powers Political offices Preceded byFrancis William Kittredge Member of theMassachusetts State SenateNinth Suffolk District January, 1895–January 1897 Succeeded byJoshua Bennett Holden

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