Abijah Bigelow

Abijah Bigelow ( born December 5, 1775 in Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † April 5, 1860 in Worcester, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1810 and 1815 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Abijah Bigelow attended Leicester Academy and a school in New Ipswich (New Hampshire). Then he studied until 1795 at Dartmouth College in Hanover. After studying law and his 1798 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Leominster in this profession. Between 1803 and 1809 he was employed as Town Clerk in the town of Leominster. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. In the years 1807-1809 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Since 1809 until his death he worked as a Justice of the Peace.

Following the resignation of Mr William Stedman Bigelow was at the due election for the eleventh seat of Massachusetts as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 8 October 1810. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1815 Congress. These were shaped by the events of the British -American War.

In 1817, Bigelow moved to Worcester. Between 1817 and 1833 he was an administrative employee at the local district court. He also practiced as a lawyer again. In the years 1819 and 1820, he was curator of the Leicester Academy and from 1820 to 1853 he was its treasurer. Abijah Bigelow died on April 5, 1860 in Worcester, where he was also buried.