Michael Sprigg Explained

Michael Sprigg
State:Maryland
Term Start:March 4, 1827
Term End:March 3, 1831
Predecessor:Thomas Contee Worthington
Successor:Francis Thomas
Office2:President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Term Start2:1841
Term End2:1842
Office3:Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Term3:1821, 1823, 1837, 1840, 1844
Birth Name:Michael Cresap Sprigg
Birth Date:1 July 1791
Birth Place:Frostburg, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.
Resting Place:Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.
Party:Jacksonian
Relatives:James Sprigg (brother)
Profession:Politician

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.