# Charles F. Sprague

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_F._Sprague
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_F._Sprague.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Sprague
> Source revision: 1345628345
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

American politician

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 Senate In office January 1895 - January 1897 Preceded by Francis William Kittredge[1] Succeeded by Joshua Bennett Holden[2] Constituency Ninth 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, U.S. Died January 30, 1902(1902-01-30) (aged 44) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Resting place Mount Auburn Cemetery Party Republican Spouse Mary Bryant Pratt ​ (m. 1891)​ Alma mater Harvard University Harvard Law School Boston University (JD) Profession Attorney

**Charles Franklin Sprague** (June 10, 1857 – January 30, 1902) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), grandson of [Peleg Sprague](/source/Peleg_Sprague_(Maine_politician)) (1793–1880).

## Biography

Born in [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts), Sprague attended the public schools and was graduated from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1879. He studied law at [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) before completing his studies at [BU Law](/source/Boston_University_School_of_Law). He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in Boston.[3]

He married Mary Bryant Pratt in November 1891.[3][4]

He served as member of the [Boston Common Council](/source/Boston_Common_Council) in 1889 and 1890, and then in the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/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](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate) in 1895 and 1896.[5][6]

Sprague was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Fifty-fifth](/source/55th_United_States_Congress) and [Fifty-sixth](/source/56th_United_States_Congress) Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900 to the [Fifty-seventh](/source/57th_United_States_Congress) Congress.

He died in the Butler Sanitarium in [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island),[5] on January 30, 1902, and was interred in [Mount Auburn Cemetery](/source/Mount_Auburn_Cemetery), Watertown, Massachusetts.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bridgman, A. M. (1894). [*A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators*](https://archive.org/details/souvenirofmassac1894brid/page/125/mode/1up). Vol. III. Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman. p. 125. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bridgman, A. M. (1897). [*A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators*](https://archive.org/details/souvenirofmassac1897brid/page/120/mode/1up). Vol. VI. Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman. p. 120. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-To-Day_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-To-Day_3-1) 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*](https://archive.org/details/massachusettsoft00toom/page/228/mode/1up). p. 228. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Benton, Nicholas (2004). [*The Seven Weld Brothers, 1800 to 2000: A Contemporary Genealogy*](https://archive.org/details/sevenweldbrother00bent/page/2/mode/1up). New York, NY: iUniverse, Inc. p. 2. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-The_New_York_Times_9_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-The_New_York_Times_9_5-1) ["Charles F. Sprague Dead.; Massachusetts ex-Congressman Was Richest Man in House of Representatives and Prominent in Boston Society"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/01/31/101932318.pdf) (PDF). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Boston. January 31, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ASouvmasslegVol5_1896_pg_133_6-0)** Bridgman, A. M. (1896). [*A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators*](https://archive.org/details/souvenirofmassac1896brid/page/133/mode/1up). Vol. V. Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman. p. 133. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

## External links

- [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography)

- [Charles F. Sprague](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7500208) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

- United States Congress. ["Charles F. Sprague (id: S000742)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000742). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by William F. Draper Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 Succeeded by Samuel L. Powers Political offices Preceded by Francis William Kittredge Member of the Massachusetts State Senate Ninth Suffolk District January, 1895–January 1897 Succeeded by Joshua Bennett Holden

This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States).

v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern 3rd district Gerry Bourne Coffin S. Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A. Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C. Adams Thomas A. Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B. Dean Field Ranney L. Morse J. Andrew Walker J. R. Thayer R. Hoar C. Washburn J. A. Thayer Wilder Paige F. Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N. Tsongas Trahan 4th district Sedgwick Dearborn G. Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L. Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W. Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E. Everett Sa. Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A. Rice Hooper Frost J. Abbott L. Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P. Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III Auchincloss 5th district Partridge Bourne Freeman L. Williams T. Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J. Davis L. Lincoln Jr. Hudson C. Allen W. Appleton Burlingame W. Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L. Morse Hayden Banks Sh. Hoar Stevens Knox B. Ames J. Rogers E. Rogers B. Morse Cronin P. Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N. Tsongas Markey Clark 6th district G. Thatcher Leonard J. Reed Sr. J. Smith Taggart S. Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G. Davis Upham T. Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A.P. Andrew G. Bates W. Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton 7th district Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H. Dwight S. Allen Grennell Briggs J. Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E. Hoar Tarbox Butler W. Russell Stone Cogswell W. Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W. Connery L. Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano Pressley 8th district Grout G. Thatcher F. Ames Otis Eustis L. Williams Green Gardner Green J. Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J. Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G. Hoar J. M. S. Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell C. H. Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H. Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch 9th district Varnum Bishop J. Dean Wheaton J. Reed Jr. Folger J. Reed Jr. H. Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H. Williams Hale Fowler Little De Witt E. Thayer Bailey A. Walker W. Washburn Crocker G. Hoar W. Rice T. Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G. Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R. Russell Luce T. H. Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating 10th district Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J. Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey H. A. S. Dearborn W. Baylies Borden H. Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W. Rice J. E. Russell J. Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating 11th district Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A. Bigelow Brigham B. Adams J. Russell Hobart J. Richardson J. Adams J. Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly 12th district H. Dearborn I. Parker Lee S. Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L. Bigelow Baylies Hodges J. Adams Robinson F. Rockwell Crosby E. Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds 13th district Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J. Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke 14th district G. Thatcher Cutts C. King J. Holmes Lovering E. Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb

Authority control databases: People US Congress

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charles F. Sprague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Sprague) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Sprague?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.