James Sprigg

James Cresap Sprigg (* 1802 in Frostburg , Allegany County , Maryland , †  October 3, 1852 in Shelbyville , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Sprigg was a younger brother of Michael Sprigg (1791-1845), who represented Maryland in Congress between 1827 and 1831 . He attended public schools in his home in Maryland; then he moved to Shelbyville, Kentucky. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In his new home he held a number of local offices. Between 1830 and 1834 and again from 1837 to 1840 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives .

In the 1830s, Sprigg joined the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1840 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded William J. Graves on March 4, 1841 . In the following elections in 1842 he ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate to remain in Congress. His time in Congress was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs. In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

After leaving Congress, Sprigg returned to practice as a lawyer. In the year of his death in 1852, he was re-elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. He died in Shelbyville on October 3, 1852.

Web links

• James Sprigg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Sprigg in the database of Find a Grave (English)