Herbert S. Bigelow

Herbert Seely Bigelow (January 4, 1870 – November 11, 1951) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1937 to 1939.

According to a news item in the Oct. 30, 1917 Chicago Tribune, "Herbert S. Bigelow, pacifist, Socialist, head of the People's church of Cincinnati, and a member of the People's council ... was horsewhipped near Florence, Ky., ... by a game of men gowned in Ku Klux fashion."

Bigelow is quoted as saying, "An experience of this kind shakes one's faith in the doctrine of non-resistance.

He remains were cremated and the ashes scattered over his farm near Forestville, Ohio.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress