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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

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

In the congressional elections of 1826 Sprigg was in the fourth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Contee Worthington on March 4, 1827. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1831 two legislative sessions. He was chairman of the Committee for the administration of state property. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

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