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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsCharles Franklin SPRAGUE
(1857-1902)
SPRAGUE, Charles Franklin,
(grandson of Peleg Sprague [1793-1880]), a Representative from
Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., June 10, 1857; attended the
public schools and was graduated from Harvard University in 1879;
studied law at the Harvard Law School and the Boston University and
was admitted to the bar in Boston; member of the Boston Common
Council in 1889 and 1890; member of the State house of
representatives in 1891 and 1892; served as chairman of the board
of park commissioners of the city of Boston in 1893 and 1894;
served in the State senate in 1895 and 1896; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4,
1897-March 3, 1901); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; died in Providence, R.I., on
January 30, 1902; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown,
Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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