{{Short description|American politician}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000455. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Lewis Bigelow | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|12|12th}} | term_start = March 4, 1821 | term_end = March 3, 1823 | predecessor = [[Jonas Kendall]] | successor = [[Francis Baylies]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1785|8|18}} | birth_place = [[Petersham, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1838|10|2|1785|8|18}} | death_place = [[Peoria, Illinois]], U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Williams College]] | occupation = Lawyer | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Lewis Bigelow''' (August 18, 1785 – October 2, 1838) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

Born in [[Petersham, Massachusetts]], Bigelow graduated from Williams College, [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]], in 1803. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in Petersham. He served as member of the State senate 1819–1821. He was editor of the first seventeen volumes of Massachusetts Reports and of a digest of six volumes of Pickering's Reports.

Bigelow was elected as a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] to the [[17th United States Congress|Seventeenth]] Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823). He moved to [[Peoria, Illinois]], in 1831 and continued the practice of law. He was interested in the real estate business and in the operation of ferry boats. He served as [[Justice of the Peace]]. He was appointed clerk of the circuit court of Peoria County, November 26, 1835, and served until his death in [[Peoria, Illinois]], October 2, 1838.

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