William P. Fessenden

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William P. Fessenden was a prominent 19th-century American statesman who served as a U.S. senator from Maine and briefly as Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War.

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William P. Fessenden canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine ⓘ
causeOfDeath liver disease ⓘ
child James Deering Fessenden ⓘ
Samuel F. Fessenden ⓘ
linked to: Samuel Fessenden
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1806-10-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1869-09-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Bowdoin College ⓘ
endTime second service in U.S. Senate: 1869 ⓘ
service in U.S. Senate: 1864 ⓘ
term as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury: 1865-03 ⓘ
familyName Fessenden ⓘ
father Samuel Fessenden ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor managing Union war finances during the American Civil War ⓘ
opposition to some Radical Republican Reconstruction measures ⓘ
service on the Joint Committee on Reconstruction ⓘ
memberOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
middleName Pitt ⓘ
notableWork leadership on Civil War finance legislation ⓘ
role in drafting Reconstruction policies ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boscawen, New Hampshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Portland, Maine ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the Senate Finance Committee ⓘ
Chairman of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
United States Senator from Maine ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
replaced Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime second service in U.S. Senate: 1865 ⓘ
service in U.S. Senate: 1854 ⓘ
term as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury: 1864-07 ⓘ
stateRepresented Maine ⓘ
succeededBy Hugh McCulloch ⓘ
workLocation Portland, Maine ⓘ

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Albany Academy → hasNotableAlumnus → William P. Fessenden ⓘ
Hugh McCulloch → predecessor → William P. Fessenden ⓘ