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Thomas Sprigg

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Thomas Sprigg
portrait by Joshua Johnson
Born1747 Edit this on Wikidata
Prince George's County Edit this on Wikidata
Died13 December 1809 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 61–62)
Washington County Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPolitician Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
  • Osborn Sprigg Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldunited States Representative (1793–1795), member of the Maryland House of Delegates Edit this on Wikidata

Thomas Sprigg (1747 – December 13, 1809) was an 18th-century American politician. He represented the fourth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797.

Sprigg was born in Prince George's County, Maryland. He served during the American Revolutionary War as ensign in the Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp from September to December 1776. He was appointed the first register of wills of Washington County, Maryland, in 1777, and served until September 29, 1780, when he resigned. He was a delegate to the Maryland State Convention of 1788, to vote whether Maryland should ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States.[1] He was appointed lieutenant of Washington County by the governor and Council of Maryland on December 21, 1779.

Sprigg was elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the Third Congress and reelected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1797. He died in Washington County.

Sprigg was an uncle of Richard Sprigg, Jr., another Congressman.

References

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  1. ^ Secretary of State of Maryland (1915). Maryland Manual 1914–1915: A Compendium of Legal, Historical and Statistical Information relating to the State of Maryland. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: The Advertiser-Republican.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 4th congressional district

1793–1797
Succeeded by