Charles F. Sprague

Charles Franklin Sprague (born June 10, 1857 in Boston , Massachusetts , † January 30, 1902 in Providence , Rhode Island ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1901 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Sprague was the grandson of US Senator Peleg Sprague (1793-1880). He attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at Harvard University until 1879 . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and Boston University and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession in Boston. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He served on the Boston City Council in 1889 and 1890. He was then a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1891 to 1892 . He then officiated until 1894 as a park commissioner for the city of Boston. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1895 and 1896 .

In the congressional election of 1896 , Sprague was elected to the eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded William F. Draper on March 4, 1897 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1901 . These were shaped in 1898 by the events of the Spanish-American War . In 1900, Charles Sprague decided not to run again for Congress. He died within a year of leaving Congress on January 30, 1902 in a Providence hospital.

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SURNAME	Sprague, Charles F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sprague, Charles Franklin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1902
Place of death	Providence , Rhode Island