PELEG SPRAGUE Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Vol. VIII Special Number, June 1920 No. 1 page 51 Some Representative Maine Men of Yesterday and Today Note -- The Journal acknowledges the kind cooperation of Dr. Henry S. Burrage author of Maine in the Northeastern Boundary Controversy, in the production of this department. Through his courtesy we are enabled to pro- duce herein the following portraits: John Holmes, Albion K. Parris, Charles S. Daveis, Enoch Lincoln, Leuel Williams, John Fairfield, George Evans, Peleg Sprague, Edward Kent and William King. PELEG SPRAGUE Born in Duxbury, Mass., April 27, 1793; Harvard College 1812; admitted to Plymouth County Mass. bar in August, 1815, and located in Augusta, Maine; removed to Hallowell about two years later; member Maine House 1820-21; U.S. Congress 1823-29; U.S. Senator 1829-35; appointed judge of U.S. District Court 1841 and served until 1865; died in Boston October 13, 1880. (c) 1998 Courtesy of Tina Vickery and Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.