Stanley E. Sproul (March 18, 1920 – May 13, 2015) was an American politician and lawyer from

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

. Sproul, a

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, served as Mayor of

Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Kennebec County. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the Un ...

from 1971 to 1974. He simultaneously represented Augusta in the

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(1973–74). When not in public office, Sproul ran a law office. In 1974, Sproul sought the Republican nomination for

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, but lost to

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James Erwin. Sproul was born in 1920 in

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and moved to Augusta in 1932. He graduated from

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in 1938 and became a pilot in the

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. Sproul went to

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and then to

Northeastern University School of Law Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) is the law school of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded as an evening program to meet the needs of its local community, NUSL is nationally recognized for its cooperative legal ed ...

. Sproul was admitted to the Maine bar.Stanley E. Sproul-obituary
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1920 births 2015 deaths People from Kennebec County, Maine Northeastern University alumni Northeastern University School of Law alumni Mayors of Augusta, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Maine lawyers Candidates in the 1974 United States elections 20th-century American lawyers United States Navy pilots of World War II {{Maine-politician-stub