Abijah Bigelow

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Abijah Bigelow (December 5, 1775 - April 5, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, Bigelow attended Leicester (Massachusetts) Academy and an academy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1795. He studied law in Groton, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar in 1798 and commenced practice in Leominster, Massachusetts, in the same year. Town clerk of Leominster 1803-1809. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1807-1809. He was in the Justice of the Peace 1809-1860 and justice of the quorum 1812-1860.

Bigelow was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Stedman. He was reelected to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses and served from October 8, 1810, to March 3, 1815. He moved to Worcester in 1817. He served as clerk of the courts of Worcester County 1817-1833. He resumed the practice of law. He served as trustee of Leicester Academy in 1819 and 1820 and as treasurer 1820-1853. He was appointed a master in chancery in 1838. He died in Worcester, Massachusetts, April 5, 1860. He was interred in the Rural Cemetery.

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• Abijah Bigelow at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress