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
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in 1841 and 1842.
Sprigg was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twentieth
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*20 is a pronic number.
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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.
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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
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