Peleg Sprague (New Hampshire politician)

Peleg Sprague ( born December 10, 1756 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, † April 20, 1800 in Keene, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1797 and 1799 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Peleg Sprague was employed in his youth in a shop in Littleton. He then attended Harvard College, Harvard University, and later to 1783 Dartmouth College in Hanover. After studying law and its made ​​in 1785 admitted to the bar Sprague began in Winchendon (Massachusetts ) to work in his new profession. In 1787 he moved to Keene, New Hampshire. He was from 1789 to 1791 the municipal council. In 1794 he was District Attorney in Cheshire County.

Sprague was a member of the Federalist Party. In 1797 he was elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Following the resignation of Congressman Jeremiah Smith, he was elected in a by-election held all across the state to its successor in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he finished between 15 December 1797 and 3 March 1799, the partly used by his predecessor legislature. For the regular elections of 1798 Sprague did not run. He died on April 20, 1800 in Keene.

Peleg Sprague was the same politicians of the State of Maine (1793-1880) related distantly. John Sprague (ca. 1630-1676 ) was the ancestor of both the male line.