Education
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to parents Timothy Bigelow and Anna Andrews, Bigelow was educated at Harvard University, where he graduated in 1786. He then studied law, and from 1789 until 1807 he practiced in Groton, Massachusetts.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to parents Timothy Bigelow and Anna Andrews, Bigelow was educated at Harvard University, where he graduated in 1786. He then studied law, and from 1789 until 1807 he practiced in Groton, Massachusetts.
In 1807, he moved to Medford and opened a law office in Boston. lieutenant is said he argued 15,000 cases in the course of his 32-year legal career. He served as Massachusetts Speaker of the House, 1805–1806, 1808–1810, and 1812–1820.
In 1814, he was among the delegates from Massachusetts to the Hartford Convention.
He died in 1821, at age 55, in Medford. He had 7 children, including: Katherine Bigelow (married Abbott Lawrence).
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Bigelow was also a founding member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1812.