Sprague, William IV

Life Span
to
    Full name
    William Sprague IV
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    1
    No. of Spouses
    2
    No. of Children
    4
    Family
    Amasa Sprague (father), Fanny Morgan Sprague (mother),  William Sprague III (uncle), Katherine Chase (first wife), Dona Inez Clavert (second wife)
    Other Education
    Irving Institute (NY)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Farmer or Planter
    Businessman
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Other
    Other Political Party
    Rhode Island Union Party
    Government
    US Senate
    Governor
    Local government
    Military
    Union Army

    William Sprague (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    SPRAGUE, William, (nephew of William Sprague [1799-1856], son-in-law of Salmon P. Chase), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Cranston, R.I., September 12, 1830; attended the common schools and Irving Institute, Tarrytown, N.Y.; engaged in the calico-printing business and the manufacture of locomotives; Governor of Rhode Island 1860-1863; head of a Rhode Island regiment that was one of the first to answer the call for troops in 1861; tendered a commission as brigadier general in 1861, but declined; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1862; reelected in 1868 and served from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for renomination; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Thirty-eighth through Fortieth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Forty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for governor of Rhode Island in 1883; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Narragansett Pier, R.I.; died in Paris, France, September 11, 1915; interment in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
    “Sprague, William,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000747.
    How to Cite This Page: "Sprague, William IV," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/31985.