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 two non-consecutive terms as
mayor of
Utica, New York, in 1868 and 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 – 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==