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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsLewis BIGELOW
(1785-1838)
BIGELOW, Lewis, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., August 18, 1785; was graduated from Williams
College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1803; studied law; was admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in Petersham; member of the State
senate 1819-1821; editor of the first seventeen volumes of
Massachusetts Reports and of a digest of six volumes of
Pickering’s Reports; elected as a Federalist to the
Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); moved to
Peoria, Ill., in 1831 and continued the practice of law; interested
in the real estate business and in the operation of ferry boats;
served as justice of the peace; appointed clerk of the circuit
court of Peoria County, November 26, 1835, and served until his
death in Peoria, Ill., October 2, 1838; interment presumed to be in
the Old Centre Cemetery, Petersham, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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