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Peleg Sprague

Peleg Sprague

Massachusetts District Court

Born 1793 in Duxbury, MA

Died 1880 in Boston, MA

FJC ID: 2256

Peleg Sprague (April 27, 1793 – October 13, 1880) was a United States representative and a United States senator from Maine and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts
    1836–1841, 1865–1880
  2. U.S. senator from Maine
    1829–1835
  3. U.S. representative from Maine
    1825–1829
  4. Private practice, Hallowell, Maine
    1817–1821, 1822–1824
  5. Maine
    State representative · 1821–1822
  6. Private practice, Augusta, Maine
    1815–1817

Appointments

  1. Massachusetts District Court
    1841–1865 · Appointed by John Tyler (Whig)
    Term ended: Resignation
  2. Massachusetts District Court
    1841–1865
    Term ended: resign

Education

  1. Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School
  2. Read law
    1815
  3. Harvard College
    A.B. · 1812