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bgcolor="#FFFFFF">SPRAGUE (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/s.html#S162">Soundex S162</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#AGUE">AGUE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#FRAGUELA">FRAGUELA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moorehead-morales.html#MORAGUES">MORAGUES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powhatan-prangley.html#PRAG">PRAG</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powhatan-prangley.html#PRAGER">PRAGER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powhatan-prangley.html#PRAGUE">PRAGUE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rae-raines.html#RAGUET">RAGUET</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spalletta-sparkman.html#SPARGO">SPARGO</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#SPRAGG">SPRAGG</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#SPRAGGINS">SPRAGGINS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#SPRAGGON">SPRAGGON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#SPRAGINS">SPRAGINS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spraker-sprigade.html#SPREAGE">SPREAGE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprigg.html#SPRIGG">SPRIGG</a>. </td></tr></table> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> SPRAGUE: See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#291.09.52">William Smith Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#682.76.63">George Whiting Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#954.28.64">Algernon Sidney Badger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barbour.html#670.26.63">William Warren Barbour</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#990.34.27">John Charles Churchill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#341.08.96">Norman Jay Colman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#188.03.37">Albert Sprague Coolidge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#654.92.68">Benjamin Sprague Cowen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#956.05.40">Francis Marion Crosby</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#948.68.07">Henry Stark Culver</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#808.71.68">Thomas Arthur Doyle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#663.65.21">John Paxton Espie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#019.18.58">Charles Wayne Holden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html#249.10.75">Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ives.html#267.82.62">Gideon Sprague Ives</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirke-kirkman.html#259.34.54">John Henry Kirkham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#068.42.24">Calvin Littlefield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray5.html#322.85.80">John Gardner Murray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#037.03.26">Samuel Horace Preston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#066.81.89">Alden Sprague Sanborn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simms-simonetti.html#288.33.33">Sprague Simonds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor4.html#156.41.88">Howard Charles Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wisner-witherow.html#687.56.21">Benjamin Franklin Hawkins Witherell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="996.52.38">Sprague, A. L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SU-lived.html">Saunders County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention</a>, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="093.58.01">Sprague, Albert Arnold</a> (1874-1946) — also known as Albert A. Sprague — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/05-13.html">May 13, 1874</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Consolidated <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocers</a> Corporation; director, Continental Illinois National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank and Trust</a>, International <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Harvester</a> Co., Baltimore & Ohio <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, and other companies; receiver and co-trustee, Chicago <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Rapid Transit</a>; Chicago commissioner of public works, 1923-27, 1931-33; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/04-06.html">April 6, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague and Lucia Elvira (Atwood) Sprague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-22.html">June 22, 1901</a>, to Frances Fidelia Dibble; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#188.03.37">Albert Sprague Coolidge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13875110">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="202.94.19">Sprague, Albert P.</a> — of Nebraska. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 4th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="527.61.97">Sprague, Amasa</a> — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/RI.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="660.60.62">Sprague, Ara</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trenton.html#7">Supervisor of Monguagon Township, Michigan</a>, 1830-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="799.26.17">Sprague, Arthur William</a> (1902-1983) — also known as Arthur W. Sprague — of La Grange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DK-born.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-02.html">August 2, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 7th District, 1939-42, 1951-57; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 2nd District, 1957-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in Fort Pierce, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SL-died.html">St. Lucie County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/01-18.html">January 18, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html# ">Parkholm Cemetery</a>, La Grange Park, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Arthur William Sprague (1856-1916) and Cora Sprague; married to Louise Bliss Horr.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/110886066">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="729.51.50">Sprague, Asa, Jr.</a> — of DeKalb, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from St. Lawrence County, 1830-31, 1839-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="601.84.02">Sprague, Augustus Brown Reed</a> (1827-1910) — also known as Augustus B. R. Sprague — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Ware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/03-07.html">March 7, 1827</a>. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/worcester.html">mayor of Worcester, Mass.</a>, 1896-97. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-died.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-17.html">May 17, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-buried.html#cms00382">Worcester Rural Cemetery</a>, Worcester, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lee Sprague and Lucia (Snow) Sprague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/12-23.html">December 23, 1846</a>, to Eliza Jane Rice; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Mary Jennie Barbour; third cousin once removed of <a href="#276.56.23">William Sprague (1799-1856)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#115.12.91">William Sprague (1830-1915)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#787.28.99">Eli Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#304.54.75">Walter Keene Linscott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#639.49.15">Sidney Smythe Linscott</a> and <a href="#837.04.94">Charles Arthur Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0027.html">Adams-Baldwin family</a> of Boston, Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0072.html">Fairbanks-Adams family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0260.html">Adams-Rusling family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/97573626">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="803.40.72">Sprague, Benjamin Dexter</a> (1827-1893) — also known as Benjamin D. Sprague — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MO-lived.html">Mower County</a>, Minn.; Rushford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-lived.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn. Born in Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/12-06.html">December 6, 1827</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">miller</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 15, 1863; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1864-65, 1870 (15th District 1864-65, 14th District 1870). Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-26.html">July 26, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lowell Sprague and Hephzibah (Flint) Sprague; married to Lucy Ann McCall; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#690.87.76">Richard Bache Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#807.37.45">Frank Putnam Flint</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#309.29.38">Motley H. Flint</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0708.html">Flint-Bache family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0272.html">Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family</a> of New York and Arizona (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/136125196">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14900">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="796.92.27">Sprague, Burr</a> — of Brodhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GR-lived.html">Green County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/WI.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="919.00.05">Sprague, Cassius M.</a> — of Sauk Centre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MN.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="796.47.73">Sprague, Charles</a> — of Olathe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/olathe.html#2">Olathe, Kan.</a>, 1902-05. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="732.46.99">Sprague, Charles</a> — of Swampscott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MA.html">1948</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="837.04.94">Sprague, Charles Arthur</a> (1887-1969) — also known as Charles A. Sprague — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ore. Born in Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-12.html">November 12, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oregon</a>, 1939-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/03-13.html">March 13, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 121 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-buried.html#cms08032">Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum</a>, Salem, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Allen Sprague and Caroline (Glasgow) Sprague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-08.html">August 8, 1912</a>, to Blanche Chamberlain; third cousin twice removed of <a href="#276.56.23">William Sprague (1799-1856)</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#304.54.75">Walter Keene Linscott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#639.49.15">Sidney Smythe Linscott</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#601.84.02">Augustus Brown Reed Sprague</a> and <a href="#115.12.91">William Sprague (1830-1915)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Charles A. Sprague <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1972), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-names.html">Salem, Oregon</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-arthur-sprague/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles A. Sprague">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6254239">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="514.02.45">Sprague, Charles Franklin</a> (1857-1902) — also known as Charles F. Sprague — of Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/06-10.html">June 10, 1857</a>. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 11th District, 1897-1901. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-30.html">January 30, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandson of <a href="#890.55.82">Peleg Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000742">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410211">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7500208">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="527.18.67">Sprague, Charles S.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> at-large, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="448.62.11">Sprague, Clarence A.</a> — of Liberty, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Sullivan County, 1899; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/liberty.html#2">Liberty, N.Y.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="640.36.95">Sprague, Daniel P.</a> — of Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 21st District, 1859. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="950.72.21">Sprague, David</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 4th District, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="602.44.23">Sprague, E. E.</a> — of Kalkaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KL-lived.html">Kalkaska County</a>, Mich. Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1919. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="372.91.92">Sprague, Edward H.</a> — of Elkhorn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Walworth County, 1907-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8412924328/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/684/63.43.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Ernest L. Sprague"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="684.63.43">Sprague, Ernest L.</a> (b. 1876) — of Cranston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in East Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/12-22.html">December 22, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Rhode Island</a>, 1924-33. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Rhode Island Manual 1931</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="377.07.46">Sprague, Ezra T.</a> — of Wisconsin. Circuit judge in Wisconsin 10th Circuit, 1870-72. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="241.91.07">Sprague, Farnam Manning</a> (b. 1858) — also known as Farnam M. Sprague — of Readsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-lived.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt. Born in Whitingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/06-23.html">June 23, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Currier</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Readsboro, 1888. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.70.77">Sprague, Frances B.</a> — of Weedsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NY.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="947.03.03">Sprague, Frank</a> — of Michigan City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-lived.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IN.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="572.11.58">Sprague, Franklin L.</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="618.80.39">Sprague, Frederick A.</a> — of Eagleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-lived.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 13th District, 1849-50. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="867.82.87">Sprague, George</a> — American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="731.34.66">Sprague, George Able</a> (1871-1963) — also known as George Sprague — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in Spring Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-born.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/11-30.html">November 30, 1871</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">Mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1937-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-died.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/11-08.html">November 8, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-buried.html#cms08246">Oak Cliff Cemetery</a>, Dallas, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of John Sprague.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29498330">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.26.79">Sprague, Harry E.</a> (b. 1876) — of Kirkwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-13.html">March 13, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/landtitle.html">Abstractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis County 2nd District, 1915-18. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-03.html">October 3, 1904</a>, to Ethel Nye Gibbs.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="432.79.40">Sprague, Henry L.</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 13th District, 1882. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="410.54.55">Sprague, Horatio</a> (1784-1848) — Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/12-19.html">December 19, 1784</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-consuls.html ">Gibraltar</a>, 1832-48. Died in Gibraltar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-died.html">Gibraltar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-20.html">March 20, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 92 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. John Sprague and Rebecca (Chambers) Sprague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/12-03.html">December 3, 1816</a>, to Victoria Marguerite Ecolastique Fleshelle; father of <a href="#179.05.34">Horatio Jones Sprague</a>; grandfather of <a href="#789.92.36">John Lewis Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/30252.html">Sprague family</a> of Massachusetts.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="179.05.34">Sprague, Horatio Jones</a> (1823-1901) — also known as Horatio J. Sprague — of Gibraltar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-lived.html">Gibraltar</a>. Born in Gibraltar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-born.html">Gibraltar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/08-12.html">August 12, 1823</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-consuls.html ">Gibraltar</a>, 1848-1901; U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Algeciras</a>, 1854-80. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/07-18.html">July 18, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 340 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#410.54.55">Horatio Sprague</a> and Victoria Marguerite Ecolastique (Fleshelle) Spragu; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/">1854</a> to Antonia Thorn Francia; father of <a href="#789.92.36">John Lewis Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/30252.html">Sprague family</a> of Massachusetts.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="813.15.53">Sprague, Howard Lee</a> — of Arizona. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arizona</a> 3rd District, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="185.46.29">Sprague, Hugh A.</a> — of St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 1st District, 1964; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="267.06.10">Sprague, Irvine H.</a> (1921-2004) — of College Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-lived.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md.; Great Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-lived.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/07-04.html">July 4, 1921</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff member for Gen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maack-macdevitt.html#180.50.96">Douglas MacArthur</a> in Japan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper reporter</a>; congressional aide to Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcduffee-mcfarlan.html#744.24.75">John J. McFall</a>, 1957; director of the House Whip Office; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">lobbyist</a> for the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>; special assistant to Pres. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#502.84.04">Lyndon Johnson</a>, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in the Arlington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">Hospice</a> Center, Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/02-17.html">February 17, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 228 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Margery Craw.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="246.42.51">Sprague, J. D.</a> — of David City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BL-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Neb. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BL-parties.html">Chair of Butler County Republican Party</a>, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="267.68.50">Sprague, J. F.</a> — of Bement, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PA-lived.html">Piatt County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="819.09.96">Sprague, J. Russel</a> — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">Republican National Committee from New York</a>, 1940-48. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="161.52.03">Sprague, Jack E.</a> — of Angola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/angola.html#2">Angola, Ind.</a>, 1965-92 (acting, 1965-66). Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.47.95">Sprague, James II</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Genesee County, 1832. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.41.87">Sprague, James</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Wyoming County, 1850. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="037.60.90">Sprague, Jenks S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County 2nd District, 1853. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="387.41.73">Sprague, Jo Ann</a> — of Walpole, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Bristol & Norfolk District 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="330.31.26">Sprague, John</a> — of Hebron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Hebron, 1830. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="974.54.26">Sprague, John F.</a> — of Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PI-lived.html">Piscataquis County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 9th District, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="789.92.36">Sprague, John Lewis</a> (1855-1886) — of Gibraltar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-lived.html">Gibraltar</a>. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/08-27.html">August 27, 1855</a>. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-consuls.html ">Gibraltar</a>, 1880-86. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-31.html">May 31, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/30.html">30 years, 277 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#179.05.34">Horatio Jones Sprague</a> and Antonia Thorn (Francia) Sprague; grandson of <a href="#410.54.55">Horatio Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/30252.html">Sprague family</a> of Massachusetts.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="425.88.55">Sprague, John S. N.</a> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 1925-26; defeated, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="200.41.40">Sprague, John Wilson</a> (1817-1893) — also known as John W. Sprague — of Sandusky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Ohio; Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash. Born in White Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/04-04.html">April 4, 1817</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ER-officials.html">Erie County Treasurer</a>, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamboat business</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia, in 1862; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad executive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/tacoma.html">mayor of Tacoma, Wash.</a>, 1883. Died in Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-died.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-27.html">December 27, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-buried.html#cms00644">Tacoma Cemetery</a>, Tacoma, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Otis Sprague and Polly (Peck) Sprague; married to Lucy Wright, Julia Frances Choate and Abigail Choate.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/LI-names.html">Sprague, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John W. Sprague">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="554.75.44">Sprague, Joseph</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/brooklyn.html#2">Mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y.</a>, 1843-44. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="921.12.33">Sprague, Joseph H.</a> (d. 1898) — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html">mayor of Hartford, Conn.</a>, 1874-78. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-21.html">July 21, 1898</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="550.02.90">Sprague, Leander</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MA.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="694.95.99">Sprague, Mansfield D.</a> — of New Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Canaan; elected 1946, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="533.37.98">Sprague, Margo</a> — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MN.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="543.20.72">Sprague, Nathan B.</a> — of Smithfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1826-27. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="628.25.05">Sprague, O. C.</a> — of Edgewater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/edgewater.html#2">Edgewater, N.J.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="035.33.07">Sprague, O. G.</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1947. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="693.11.17">Sprague, Otto Lee</a> (1865-1944) — also known as Otto L. Sprague — of Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/index.html">1865</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MI.html">1896</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1911-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/owosso.html">mayor of Owosso, Mich.</a>, 1911-12, 1926-28; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/owosso.html#2">Owosso, Mich.</a>, 1928. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/index.html">1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-buried.html#cms02260">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Owosso, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mabel Atwood.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/79521992">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="503.35.82">Sprague, Peleg</a> (1756-1800) — of New Hampshire. Born in Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/index.html">1756</a>. Member of New Hampshire state legislature, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1797-99. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/index.html">1800</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">about 44 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-buried.html#cms01633">Washington Cemetery</a>, Keene, N.H. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000743">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410212">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="890.55.82">Sprague, Peleg</a> (1793-1880) — of Hallowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine; Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Duxbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/04-27.html">April 27, 1793</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of Maine state legislature, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 4th District, 1825-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maine</a>, 1829-35; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts</a>, 1841-65; resigned 1865. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/10-13.html">October 13, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandfather of <a href="#514.02.45">Charles Franklin Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000744">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410213">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2256&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24797513">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sprague-peleg">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="669.26.30">Sprague, Perry</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OS-lived.html">Osceola County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Osceola County, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="353.80.80">Sprague, Peter J.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 17th District, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="469.42.17">Sprague, Philip Allcock</a> (1923-1999) — also known as Philip Sprague — of Michigan City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-lived.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind. Born, in St. Anthony's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">Hospital</a>, Michigan City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-26.html">April 26, 1923</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IN.html">1972</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/10-05.html">October 5, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 162 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Marguerite Elizabeth (Allcock) Sprague and Philip Tripp Sprague; married to Ruth Green; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#418.91.60">Marcus Morton (1784-1864)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#447.34.47">Burton Kendall Wheeler</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="#435.73.28">William Sprague</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#661.63.45">Marcus Morton (1819-1891)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#448.33.69">James Madison Turner</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="613.65.37">Sprague, R. D.</a> — of Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HO-lived.html">Houston County</a>, Minn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MN.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="504.02.63">Sprague, Randall D.</a> (b. 1949) — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/index.html">1949</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="568.29.91">Sprague, Richard Louis</a> (b. 1871) — also known as Richard L. Sprague — of Massachusetts. Born in Gibraltar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-born.html">Gibraltar</a>, of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/05-26.html">May 26, 1871</a>. U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-consuls.html ">Gibraltar</a>, 1893-1901; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GI-consuls.html ">Gibraltar</a>, 1901-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="354.11.24">Sprague, Roger</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1815-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="117.23.05">Sprague, Roger</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trcn.html">Member Michigan territorial council</a>, 1824-25, 1832-33 (Oakland County 1824-25, 3rd District 1832-33). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="395.84.85">Sprague, Rufus F.</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-lived.html">Montcalm County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MI.html">1880</a>; member of Michigan Gold Democratic Party State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Gold Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="038.82.65">Sprague, Rufus S.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1896. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sprague, Russel See <a href="#819.09.96">J. Russel Sprague</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="164.05.15">Sprague, Thomas</a> — of California. U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BY-consuls.html ">La Paz</a>, 1855-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="106.11.93">Sprague, Tim</a> — of Norman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/OK.html">1976</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="101.83.97">Sprague, Victor D.</a> (d. 1941) — of Cheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CB-lived.html">Cheboygan County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MI.html">1900</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 33rd Circuit, 1929-41; appointed 1929; died in office 1941. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/05-09.html">May 9, 1941</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="591.35.44">Sprague, Wheeler S.</a> — of Nether Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="276.56.23">Sprague, William</a> (1799-1856) — of Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, R.I. Born in Cranston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/11-03.html">November 3, 1799</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1832-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> at-large, 1835-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1842-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/10-19.html">October 19, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 351 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Anna (Potter) Sprague and William Sprague (1773-1836); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/12-23.html">December 23, 1821</a>, to Mary Waterman; uncle of <a href="#115.12.91">William Sprague (1830-1915)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="#601.84.02">Augustus Brown Reed Sprague</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#304.54.75">Walter Keene Linscott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#639.49.15">Sidney Smythe Linscott</a> and <a href="#837.04.94">Charles Arthur Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000746">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410214">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-sprague-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Sprague III">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5561">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="435.73.28">Sprague, William</a> (1809-1868) — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/02-23.html">February 23, 1809</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 2nd District, 1849-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-died.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/09-19.html">September 19, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-buried.html#cms00577">Mountain Home Cemetery</a>, Kalamazoo, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rufus Sprague and Elizabeth (Randall) Sprague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/06-03.html">June 3, 1834</a>, to Zeruah L. Hall; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="#469.42.17">Philip Allcock Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000745">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410215">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9579343">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="115.12.91">Sprague, William</a> (1830-1915) — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I.; Narragansett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Born in Cranston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/09-12.html">September 12, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1860-63; resigned 1863; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1863-75. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">meningitis</a>, in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/09-11.html">September 11, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 364 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Amasa Sprague and Fanny Francis (Morgan) Sprague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/11-12.html">November 12, 1863</a>, to Katherine Jane 'Kate' Chase (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#050.48.29">Salmon Portland Chase</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-08.html">March 8, 1883</a>, to Dora Inez Calvert; nephew of <a href="#276.56.23">William Sprague (1799-1856)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#601.84.02">Augustus Brown Reed Sprague</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#304.54.75">Walter Keene Linscott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#639.49.15">Sidney Smythe Linscott</a> and <a href="#837.04.94">Charles Arthur Sprague</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#043.04.49">Justin E. Colburn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000747">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410216">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-sprague/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Sprague IV">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6004305">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="341.17.98">Sprague, William B.</a> (born c.1850) — of Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Born in Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., about 1850. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 23rd District, 1889-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Connecticut Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="582.05.43">Sprague, William Peter</a> (1827-1899) — also known as William P. Sprague — of McConnelsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MN-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ohio. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/index.html">1827</a>. Republican. 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