Peleg Sprague
U.S. Congressperson
1756 – 1800
Who was Peleg Sprague?
Peleg Sprague was a politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
Sprague was born in Rochester, Massachusetts. He clerked in a store in Littleton, Massachusetts, attended Harvard College, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1783. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1785, and commenced practice in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He moved to Keene, New Hampshire, in 1787. He was selectman 1789-1791; county solicitor for Cheshire County in 1794; and member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1797.
Sprague was elected as a Federalist Party to the 5th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jeremiah Smith, serving from December 15, 1797, to March 3, 1799. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1798.
Sprague died in Keene, New Hampshire, and was interred there in the Washington Street Cemetery.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1756
Rochester - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Dartmouth College
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Keene
- Died
- Apr 20, 1800
Keene
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on July 23, 2013
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