Ernest L. Sprague (18761944) was a politician from the

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Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

. He is best known for serving as the

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from 1924 to 1932. He was a member of the

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, an American business and political family in Rhode Island and

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