John Thomas Spriggs (April 5, 1825 – 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.
Spriggs was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – 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 deathedit
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.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
December 03, 2023
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