Coalville Times | 1897-04-23 | Page 7 | The Richest Congressman

The lllflfl I rnlrenpM I Congressman Charles P Bprague ol Iloiton Is I probably the richest man I who will sit In the Kittysixth Con purees lie Is I but forty years old while his wife who waa a Mlu Pratt 01 Ilrookllne Massachusetts is I torn years his Junlnr The Joint wealth 01 this fortunate couple Is 1 estimated nt twenty million dollars Mr Hprogu comes from nn old historic Plymout family Ills grandfather 1clrg Sprague wns n congressman nail senator froi Maine nail on his retirement from the senate hu was uppolnlcd a dlslrlr Judge In Maiiuichiiunts which posltlo he hiIJ for many years Ills matcrna grandfather was William Ijiwrence brother nt Amos and Abbott lawreme the latter being inlnlttcr lo Iho court 01 Ht Jams nt ono time Mr Spragu was graduated from Harvard College 1 M a I C V RlnAOUE He Is I a lawyer but Is I seldom seen ID I the courts his time being taken up In I looking after his own and his wIles ei tensive financial Interest He wa elected to congress last November by tho largest majority ot any Massachusetts Massachu-setts member