Michael Sprigg
Michael Cresap Sprigg (July 1, 1791 – December 18, 1845) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, brother of James Cresap Sprigg.
Born in Frostburg, Maryland, Sprigg completed preparatory studies. He held a number of local offices, and served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1821, 1823, 1837, 1840, and 1844. He served as president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company in 1841 and 1842.
Sprigg was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses, serving from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1831. In Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses). He died in Cumberland, Maryland, and is interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.
References[edit]
- United States Congress. "Michael Sprigg (id: S000751)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1791 births
- 1845 deaths
- Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
- People from Frostburg, Maryland
- Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland
- 19th-century American politicians
- Sprigg family
- Burials at Rose Hill Cemetery (Cumberland, Maryland)
- Politicians from Cumberland, Maryland
- Maryland politician stubs