Eben Carleton Sprague (November 28, 1822 – February 14, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was born on November 28, 1822, in

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, the son of Noah Paul Sprague (1798–1879) and Abiah (Carlton) Sprague. He attended

Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

, and graduated from

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in 1843.

Career

Sprague studied law with

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and Solomon G. Haven and was admitted to the bar in 1846, and practicing in Buffalo, New York. From 1854 until his death, he practiced in partnership with Fillmore's son,

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, and was an attorney for the Erie Railway. He was elected and became a member of the

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(31st D.) in

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as a Republican. Sprague served as the third Chancellor of the

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from 1885 until his death in 1895. The first was former

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and the second was

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, the American lawyer, educator and historian.

Personal life

On June 25, 1849, he married Elizabeth Hubbard Williams (1831–1908), and they had eight children. He died on February 14, 1895, in

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Sources

''THE OBITUARY RECORD; S. Carlton Sprague (sic)''
in NYT on February 15, 1895
''Obituary; E. Carlton Sprague''
in ''

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'' on February 19, 1895
Sprague genealogy

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