# David Spraker

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'''David Spraker''' (February 23, 1801 [Stone Arabia](/source/Palatine%2C_New_York), [Montgomery County, New York](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_New_York) — October 14, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

==Life==
He was the son of Jost Spraker (1765–1848) and Catherine (Fraser) Spraker (1767–1843). He graduated from [Union College](/source/Union_College) in 1822. Then he studied law with Marcus T. Reynolds in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam%2C_New_York), with [Alfred Conkling](/source/Alfred_Conkling) in [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York) and with [Daniel Cady](/source/Daniel_Cady) in [Johnstown](/source/Johnstown%2C_New_York); was admitted to the bar in 1825; and commenced practice in [Canajoharie](/source/Canajoharie_(village)%2C_New_York). Until 1835, he was an associate judge of the Montgomery County Court.

He was a member of the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) (4th D.) from 1836 to 1839, sitting in the [59th](/source/59th_New_York_State_Legislature), [60th](/source/60th_New_York_State_Legislature), [61st](/source/61st_New_York_State_Legislature) and [62nd New York State Legislature](/source/62nd_New_York_State_Legislature)s.

In 1845, he married Harriet F. Rowan (c. 1825–1907), and they had six children.

He was Postmaster of Canajoharie; a delegate to the [1860 Democratic National Convention](/source/1860_Democratic_National_Convention)s in [Charleston](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina) and [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore); and President of the Canajoharie Academy, and the Montgomery County Insurance Company.

==Sources==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA131 ''The New York Civil List''] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 131f and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw4TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA14 ''Caucuses of 1860''] by M. Halstead (Columbus OH, 1860; pg. 14)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=zU4ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115 ''Post Office Directory''] (1856; pg. 115)
*[http://montgomery.nygenweb.net/palatine/dsprakerbio.html David Spraker Bio] transcribed from ''The Illustrated History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties'' (1878); at NY Gen Web
*[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/r/Meri-L-Burton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0084.html Spraker genealogy] at Family Tree Maker

==External links==
*[http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=record_ID:npg_S_NPG.91.126.7.A Silhouette of David Spraker]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} by [Auguste Edouart](/source/Auguste_Edouart) (1839), at Smithsonian Institution

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Category:1801 births
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Category:Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Palatine, New York
Category:New York (state) postmasters
Category:19th-century New York state court judges
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature

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