Henry Harrison Sprague (August 1, 1841 – July 28, 1920) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Boston, Massachusetts Common Council, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and as a member,[2] and President of, the Massachusetts Senate.[1][3][4]
Henry Harrison Sprague | |
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| President of the Massachusetts Senate[1] | |
| In office 1890[1]–1891[1] | |
| Preceded by | Harris C. Hartwell |
| Succeeded by | Alfred S. Pinkerton |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] Fifth Suffolk District[2] | |
| In office 1888[1]–1891[1] | |
| Preceded by | Edward P. Wilbur |
| Succeeded by | Henry Parkman |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1884–1884 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] | |
| In office 1881[1]–1883[1] | |
| Member of the Boston, Massachusetts Common Council[1] | |
| In office 1874[1]–1876[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1841 Athol, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 28, 1920 (aged 78) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Nationality | American[1] |
| Spouse | Charlotte Sprague Ward |
| Alma mater | Harvard College, 1864[1] |
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He died at his home in Boston on July 28, 1920, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.[5]
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography Contains Thirty-Five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits, Volume V. Chicago, Illinois: American Publishers' Association. p. 303.
- ^ a b Caswell, Lilley Brewer (1899). Athol, Massachusetts, Past and Present. Athol, Massachusetts: Lilley Brewer Caswell. p. 368.
- ^ Caswell, Lilley Brewer (1899). Athol, Massachusetts, Past and Present. Athol, Massachusetts: Lilley Brewer Caswell. pp. 367–370.
- ^ "Deaths". The Boston Globe. July 29, 1920. p. 23. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ^ "Funeral Today of Henry H. Sprague". The Boston Globe. July 30, 1920. p. 5. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.