OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
William Pitt Fessenden

BORN:
October 16, 1806
Boscawen, New Hampshire

DIED:
September 8, 1869 (age 62)
Portland, Maine

EDUCATION:
Bowdoin College (BA, 1827)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
Whig

HIGHLIGHTS:
1827:
Admitted to the Bar
1832:
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
1840:
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
1841-1843:
U.S. House of Representatives (Whig-Maine)
1845-1846:
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
1853-1854
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
1854-1864:
U.S. Senator (Whig-Maine)
1861;
Member of the Peace Convention in Washington, DC 
1864-1865:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 
1865-1869:
U.S. Senator (R-Maine)

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of the Treasury
Lehrman Institute
Maine Encyclopedia
Harper’s Weekly
Wikipedia
New York Times

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