Stanley E. Sproul (March 18, 1920 - May 13, 2015) was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. Sproul, a Republican, served as Mayor of Augusta, Maine from 1971 to 1974. He simultaneously represented Augusta in the Maine House of Representatives (1973–74). When not in public office, Sproul ran a law office. In 1974, Sproul sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Maine, but lost to Maine Attorney General James Erwin.[1]
Sproul was born in 1920 in Windsor, Maine and moved to Augusta in 1932. He graduated from Cony High School in 1938 and became a pilot in the United States Navy. Sproul went to Northeastern University and then to Northeastern University School of Law. Sproul was admitted to the Maine bar.[1] [2]