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Name
  
Thomas Sprigg

Resigned
  
March 3, 1797



Role
  
Former United States Representative

Died
  
December 13, 1809, Washington County, Maryland, United States

Previous office
  
Representative (MD 4th District) 1793–1797

Member of congress start date
  
March 4, 1793

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 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.

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

References

Thomas Sprigg Wikipedia