Michael Sprigg

Michael Sprigg

Michael Cresap Sprigg (born July 1, 1791 in Frostburg , Allegany County , Maryland , †  December 18, 1845 in Cumberland , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1831 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Michael Sprigg was the older brother of James Sprigg (1802-1852), who represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives. He attended the public schools in his home country and held various local offices there. Politically, Sprigg joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson in the 1820s and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . Between 1821 and 1844 he sat several times in the Maryland House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1826 Sprigg was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Thomas Contee Worthington on March 4, 1827 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1831 . There he was chairman of the committee for the management of state property. Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

Sprigg was President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. in 1841 and 1842. He died on December 18, 1845 in Cumberland, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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