Lewis Sperry
U.S. Congressperson
1848 – 1922
Who was Lewis Sperry?
Lewis Sperry 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. 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.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1848
South Windsor - Profession
- Education
- Amherst College
- Lived in
- Connecticut
- Died
- Jun 22, 1922
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on July 23, 2013
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