SPRAGUE, Peleg (1793-1880)
Anti-Jacksonian of Maine 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1829-1835
Served in House 1825-1829
Biography
A Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Duxbury, Mass., April 27, 1793; graduated from Harvard University in 1812; studied law at Litchfield, Conn.; admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Augusta, Maine; moved to Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine, in 1817 and continued the practice of law; member, Maine state house of representatives 1821-1822; corporate member of the Maine Historical Society; elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1825, until his resignation, effective March 3, 1829, having been elected Senator; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1829, to January 1, 1835, when he resigned; again resumed the practice of law in Boston, Mass., in 1840; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840; United States district judge of Massachusetts 1841-1865; died in Boston, Mass., October 13, 1880; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
