William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806 – September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Fessenden was a Whig (later a Republican)...

abolitionist legislator Samuel Fessenden, and brother of Treasury Secretary William P. Fessenden and congressman Samuel C. Fessenden. He was an uncle of Union...

Fessenden was born on July 16, 1784, in what now is Fryeburg, Maine (until 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts). His father was the Rev. William Fessenden...

impeachment of President Andrew Johnson; the other senator from Maine, William P. Fessenden, voted for Johnson's acquittal. In 1869, Morrill was defeated by...

of William P. Fessenden James Deering Fessenden (1833–1882), American Civil War brigadier general, son of William P. Fessenden John Milton Fessenden (1804–1883)...

partnership with Horatio King. He studied law with the firm headed by Samuel Fessenden, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and began practicing in Hampden, Maine...

congressional leaders of the faction were James G. Blaine, John A. Bingham, William P. Fessenden, Lyman Trumbull, and John Sherman. Their constituencies were primarily...

Machine at "Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Salmon P. Chase" Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase, delivered by William M. Evarts, 1874, at Project Gutenberg Biography...

anger against Johnson extended to his secretary of state—Senator William P. Fessenden of Maine said of Johnson, "he began by meaning well, but I fear that...

Scott was depicted on Interest Bearing Notes during the early 1860s; William P. Fessenden (U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury) appeared on fractional...