John Russell Sprague (December 24, 1886 – April 17, 1969) was the Republican county executive of

Nassau County, New York Nassau County ( ) is a suburban County (United States), county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south. As of the 2020 United St ...

from 1938 until 1953. He also was a delegate to the

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in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956 and part of Republican National Committee from New York during 1940–1948.

Life

Born in Inwood, New York, Sprague was an instrumental politician in Nassau County. He took center stage in adopting a county

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that created the position of county executive. In November 1937, he was the first person elected to that office. Prior to serving as county executive, Sprague worked as a lawyer in Far Rockaway. By the end of his time serving as county executive at the end of 1952, Sprague lived in Roslyn Estates, New York.

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