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Michael Cresap Sprigg

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Michael Cresap Sprigg

Birth
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Death
18 Dec 1845 (aged 54)
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
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U.S. Congressman. He completed preparatory studies and held a number of local offices in Allegany County, Maryland. In 1827, he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses, serving until 1831. He also was a member of the Maryland State House of Delegates, (1821, 1823, 1837, 1840, 1844) and served as president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company, (1841 to 1842). His brother James Cresap Sprigg, was a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky.
U.S. Congressman. He completed preparatory studies and held a number of local offices in Allegany County, Maryland. In 1827, he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses, serving until 1831. He also was a member of the Maryland State House of Delegates, (1821, 1823, 1837, 1840, 1844) and served as president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company, (1841 to 1842). His brother James Cresap Sprigg, was a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Added: May 9, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6402711/michael_cresap-sprigg: accessed ), memorial page for Michael Cresap Sprigg (1 Jul 1791–18 Dec 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6402711, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.