Michael Sprigg

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

• Michael Sprigg at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Michael Sprigg at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas Contee Worthington	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district 1827–1831	Succeeded by Francis Thomas

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Name	Sprigg, Michael Cresap
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Date of birth	July 1, 1791
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Date of death	December 18, 1845
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