Biography

08/06/1874 - 08/08/1932

Fred Murray Sprout (R24) Columbia, Lycoming, Montour and Sullivan Counties 1931-1932

Early Life:

Fred Murray Sprout, born August 6, 1874, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, son of Lewis B. and Ellen S. Donnelly Sprout; public school education; Williamsport Area Community College (now Pennsylvania College of Technology), engaged, milling machinery business; president, Sprout, Waldron and Company, resigned 1930; president, Muncy Waterworks; board of trustees, Danville State Hospital; president, Lycoming County exemption board during WWI; Muncy Borough Council member for two terms; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate; married, Adah Gertrude Sprout, children, Lucetta Michael Anderson, Charles Lewis Sprout, Mary Augusta Bruch; died, August 8, 1932, heart attack, in office of the Senate, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interment, Muncy Cemetery, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 24th district, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour and Sullivan Counties, 1931-1932, died, August 8, 1932, heart attack, in office of the Senate.

Legacy:

First republican senator from 24th district.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The News-Herald (Franklin, Pennsylvania) Tuesday, August 09, 1932, page 1

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