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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioWilliam Peter SPRAGUE
(1827-1899)
SPRAGUE, William Peter, a
Representative from Ohio; born near Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, May
21, 1827; attended the country schools; engaged in mercantile
pursuits when quite young and continued in active business until
1864; member of the State senate 1860-1863; moved to
McConnelsville, Ohio, in 1866, and engaged in banking; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4,
1871-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874;
resumed the banking business at Malta, Ohio; died in
McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, March 3, 1899; interment in
Riverview Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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