Peleg Sprague

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Peleg Sprague
Peleg Sprague
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by Stephen Longfellow
Succeeded by George Evans
In office
March 4, 1829 – January 1, 1835
Preceded by John Chandler
Succeeded by John Ruggles
Born April 27, 1793
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Died October 13, 1880
Boston, Massachusetts
Political party National Republican
Alma mater Harvard University
For the U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, see Peleg Sprague (New Hampshire)

Peleg Sprague (April 27, 1793—October 13, 1880) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.

Sprague was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts. In 1812 he graduated from Harvard University, and studied law in Litchfield, Connecticut. Sprague was admitted to the bar in August 1815 and began practice in Augusta, Maine. In 1817, he moved to Hallowell, where he continued his practice.

The political career of Sprague began when he served as a member of the State House from 1821 to 1822. In 1823, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's fourth congressional district, serving from March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829, when he became a U.S. Senator. Sprague continued to serve in the Senate until January 1, 1835, when he again resigned. Sprague practiced law in Boston and was appointed as a judge on a U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in 1841, serving until 1865. He was a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840.

Sprague died in Boston in 1880. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Sprague was a corporate member of the Maine Historical Society.

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Preceded by
Stephen Longfellow		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 6th congressional district
1825–1829		 Succeeded by
George Evans
Preceded by
John Chandler		 United States Senator (Class 2) from Maine
1829–1835
Served alongside: John Holmes, Ether Shepley		 Succeeded by
John Ruggles
Preceded by
Walter Lowrie		 Most Senior Living U.S. Senator
(Sitting or Former)
December 14, 1868 - October 13, 1880		 Succeeded by
John King
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United States Senators from Maine
Class 1: Holmes • Parris • Holmes • Shepley • Dana • Williams • Fairfield • Moor • Hamlin • Nourse • Hamlin • Morrill • Hamlin • E. Hale • Johnson • F. Hale • Brewster • Payne • Muskie • Mitchell • Snowe
Class 2: Chandler • Sprague • Ruggles • Evans • Bradbury • Fessenden • Farwell • Fessenden • Morrill • Blaine • Frye • Gardner • Burleigh • Fernald • Gould • White • Smith • Hathaway • Cohen • Collins
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