Michael Cresap Sprigg (July 1, 1791 – December 18, 1845) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

from

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

, brother of

James Cresap Sprigg James Cresap Sprigg (1802 – October 3, 1852) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was the brother of Michael Cresap Sprigg. He was born in Frostburg, Maryland in 1802 where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he moved to She ...

. Born in

Frostburg, Maryland Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland. It is located at the head of the Georges Creek Valley, west of Cumberland. The town is one of the first cities on the "National Road", US 40, and the western terminus of the Western Marylan ...

, Sprigg completed preparatory studies. He held a number of local offices, and served as member of the

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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 Cumberland is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,075. Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and comm ...

, 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 Sprigg family Burials at Rose Hill Cemetery (Cumberland, Maryland) Politicians from Cumberland, Maryland Cresap family 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly {{Maryland-politician-stub