William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806 – September 8, 1869) was a politician from Maine, United States. He was a Whig (later a Republican) and member...
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abolitionist legislator Samuel Fessenden, and brother of Treasury Secretary William P. Fessenden and congressman Samuel C. Fessenden. He was an uncle of Union...
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impeachment of President Andrew Johnson; the other senator from Maine, William P. Fessenden, voted for Johnson's acquittal. In 1869, Morrill was defeated by...
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Eder, state legislator and Maine Green Independent Party organizer William P. Fessenden, U.S. Senator Fletcher Hale, U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire...
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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...
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of William P. Fessenden James Deering Fessenden (1833–1882), American Civil War brigadier general, son of William P. Fessenden John Milton Fessenden (1804–1883)...
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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...
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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...
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was responsible for the formation of the 54th Massachusetts; and William P. Fessenden (1823) and Hugh McCulloch (1827) both served as Secretary of the...
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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...
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congressional leaders of the faction were James G. Blaine, John A. Bingham, William P. Fessenden, Lyman Trumbull, and John Sherman. Their constituencies were primarily...
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Reverdy Johnson from Maryland, William P. Fessenden and Lot M. Morrill from Maine, James Guthrie and William O. Butler from Kentucky, David S. Reid from...
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of the Department of Interior in 1849. Under the chairmanship of William Pitt Fessenden, the committee played a decisive role during the Civil War. Appropriating...
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Walt Smith as Secretary of the Treasury William P. Fessenden James Ike Eichling as Postmaster General William Dennison, Jr. House of Representatives Tommy...
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Wilson and Son. p. 11 – via Google Books. Bowdoin College (1908). Catalogue of the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of Maine. Portland, ME: Smith & Sale. p. 18 – via Google...
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Counselors: The President and the Executive Branch (1997). Congressional Quarterly. p. 87. "Duties & Functions: Secretaries of the Treasury". United States Department...
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Screams. Macaulay. pp. 106, 109. Basler, Roy P. (May 1972). "Did President Lincoln Give the Smallpox to William H. Johnson?". Huntington Library Quarterly...
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33rd (1853–1855) William P. Fessenden (W) 34th (1855–1857) Amos Nourse (R) Hannibal Hamlin (R) 35th (1857–1859) William P. Fessenden (R) 36th (1859–1861)...
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William P. Fessenden (1806–1869) was a U.S. Senator from Maine from 1865 to 1869. Senator Fessenden may refer to: Samuel Fessenden (lawyer) (1847–1908)...
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to establish a joint committee of 15 members. Stevens and Senator William P. Fessenden of Maine served as co-chairmen. The joint committee divided into...
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William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906) was an American businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii. William Fessenden Allen was born December...
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Machine at "Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Salmon P. Chase" Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase, delivered by William M. Evarts, 1874, at Project Gutenberg Biography...
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England family which included Samuel Fessenden, a Massachusetts state senator and US Treasury Secretary William P. Fessenden. In 1896, he graduated from Bowdoin...
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and two-cent pieces to Maine Senator William P. Fessenden, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Fessenden took no immediate action, and on March...
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attorney was later U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury William P. Fessenden. Fessenden was also a member of the Maine Temperance Union. Dow was acquitted...
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financier Jay Cooke. More moderate Republicans, such as Senator William P. Fessenden, Charles Francis Adams Jr., and The New York Times, had interpreted...
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Morrill) Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin) Finance (Chairman: William P. Fessenden) Foreign Relations (Chairman: Charles Sumner) Indian Affairs (Chairman:...
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and two-cent pieces to Maine Senator William P. Fessenden, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Fessenden took no immediate action, and on March...
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Roosevelt during the 1912 Republican presidential primaries against President William Howard Taft. The Maine Progressive Party was founded by Roosevelt supporters...
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Radical Republicans who demanded harsher measures. Led by Senator William P. Fessenden and Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Congress took the lead in economic...
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