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Sprague, Peleg

Born April 27, 1793, in Duxbury, MA
Died October 13, 1880, in Boston, MA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Nominated by John Tyler on July 15, 1841, to a seat vacated by John Davis. Confirmed by the Senate on July 16, 1841, and received commission on July 16, 1841. Service terminated on March 13, 1865, due to resignation.

Education:
Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School
Harvard College, A.B., 1812
Read law, 1815

Professional Career:

Private practice, Augusta, Maine, 1815-1817
Private practice, Hallowell, Maine, 1817-1821, 1822-1824
State representative, Maine, 1821-1822
U.S. representative from Maine, 1825-1829
U.S. senator from Maine, 1829-1835
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1836-1841, 1865-1880

Bibliography

United States. District Court (Massachusetts). Decisions of Hon. Peleg Sprague, in Admiralty and Maritime Causes in the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., 1868.

Portraits

Peleg Sprague; artist unknown; Engraving on paper; n.d.; Legal Portrait Collection, Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, Mass., record identifier: olvwork260001. Reference image courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Further reproduction prohibited without permission of the library.

Additional images:

Portrait of Peleg Sprague; by S. I. Putnam, copy after George Peter Alexander Healy; Portrait; 1902; Maine State Museum, Augusta, ref. #: 72.19.

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