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 | | He was elected to the state senate from Delaware County in 1896, and re-elected in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1916, and elected as president pro tempore of the senate in 1903 and 1905. |
 | | Sproul is also credited with expanding and improving public education, bringing relief and care to disabled war veterans, a major reorganization of the executive branch of state government, peaceful settlement of the steel strike of 1919 and coal strike of 1922, and the administration under which the state Department of Public Welfare was created. |
 | | Sproul, although a millionaire, died intestate on March 21, 1928, and is buried in Chester Rural Cemetery, Delaware County. |
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