Lewis Sperry

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Lewis Sperry (January 23, 1848 - June 22, 1922) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born at East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Connecticut. He attended the district school and Monson Academy, Monson, Massachusetts and was graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts in 1873. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in March 1875 and commenced practice in Hartford, Connecticut.

Sperry was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1876. Later, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. After Congress, he again resumed the practice of his profession in Hartford, Connecticut. He died at East Windsor Hill, town of South Windsor, Connecticut in 1922 and was buried in South Windsor Cemetery.

References

Lewis Sperry at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Name	Sperry, Lewis
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	January 23, 1848
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Date of death	June 22, 1922
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