Ezra Thompson Sprague (June 23, 1833 – December 30, 1888) was an American lawyer, judge, and Republican politician.
He also served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War and received an honorary brevet to brigadier general.
[2] He moved to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1856 and began studying law in the offices of George Baldwin Smith and Elisha W. Keyes.
He was enrolled as a private in Company K of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on April 17, 1861, just days after the attack on Fort Sumter.
They participated in the Battle of Hoke's Run, but because these early enlistments were only established for three-month terms, the regiment expired in August 1861.
Shortly after arriving at St. Louis, they began participating in the campaign to gain control of Missouri under General John Pope.
[7] At the close of the war, Sprague moved to De Pere, Wisconsin, and resumed his legal career.
[1][8] Sprague chose not to run for a full term the following year, and was succeeded in April 1871 by Eleazor H. Ellis, who won that election.
The 2nd district, comprising Brown, Kewaunee, and Door counties, was at that time one of the safest Democratic seats in the State Senate.