Michael Sprigg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMichael Sprigg
American politician
Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1791
Place of Birth: Frostburg, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 18-Dec-1845
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About 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.
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