J. Thomas Spriggs
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
Preceded byCyrus D. Prescott
Succeeded byJames S. Sherman
In office
March 4, 1883 โ€“ March 3, 1887
Constituency23rd district
Personal details
Born
John Thomas Spriggs

(1825-04-05)April 5, 1825
Peterborough, England
DiedDecember 23, 1888(1888-12-23) (aged 63)
Utica, New York
Resting placeWhitesboro Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Utica, New York
Alma materHamilton College

John Thomas Spriggs (April 5, 1825 โ€“ December 23, 1888) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1883 to 1887.

Biography

Born in Peterborough, England, Spriggs immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Whitesboro, New York, in 1836. He attended Hamilton College, and graduated from Union College in 1848.

He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848 and began practice in Whitesboro. He became prosecuting attorney of Oneida County in 1853, and county treasurer in 1854. He served as mayor of Utica, New York, from 1868 to 1880, and as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1860, 1872 and 1880.

Congress

Spriggs was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 โ€“ March 3, 1887). He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Forty-ninth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.

He died in Utica on December 23, 1888, and was buried in Whitesboro Cemetery in Whitesboro.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "John T. Spriggs (id: S000754)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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