William Pitt Fessenden
Born: October 16, 1806
Birthplace: Boscawen, New Hampshire
Father: General Samuel Fessenden 1784 – 1869
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)
Mother: Ruth Green 1787 – 1867
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Wife: Ellen Maria Deering 1809 – 1857
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)
Children:
Brig. General James Deering Fessenden 1833 – 1882
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)
William Howard Fessenden 1835 – 1898
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Park, Riverside, California)
Major General Francis Fessenden 1839 – 1906
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)
Mary D. Fessenden 1843 – 1848
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)
Brother: US Congressman Samuel Clement Fessenden 1815 – 1882
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut)
Brother: US Congressman Thomas A.D. Fessenden 1826 – 1868
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine)
Political Party: Whig Party, Opposition Party, and Republican Party
Education:
1827: Graduated from Bowdoin College
Occupation before War:
1827 – 1841: Attorney in Bridgeton, Bangor, and Portland, Maine
1832: Maine State Representative
1840: Maine State Representative
1841 – 1843: United States Congressman from Maine
1841 – 1843: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
1842: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1845 – 1846: Maine State Representative
1853 – 1854: Maine State Representative
1854 – 1864: United States Senator from Maine
1857 – 1861: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1857 – 1859: Member of Senate Library Committee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1864: Chairman of Senate Finance Committee
1861: Member of Washington D.C. Peace Conference
1864 – 1865: United States Secretary of Treasury
1865 – 1869: United States Senator from Maine
1865 – 1867: Chairman of Senate Finance Committee
1865 – 1867: Chairman of Joint Committee on Reconstruction
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1869: Chairman of Senate Public Buildings Committee
1868: Voted against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
1869: Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee
Died: September 8, 1869
Place of Death: Portland, Maine
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine
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