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- William_P._Fessenden abstract "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) and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate before becoming Secretary of the Treasury under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.A lawyer, he was a leading antislavery Whig in Maine; in Congress, he fought the Slave Power (the plantation owners who controlled southern states). He built an antislavery coalition in the state legislature that elected him to the US Senate; it became Maine's Republican organization. In the Senate, Fessenden played a central role in the debates on Kansas, denouncing the expansion of slavery. He led Radical Republicans in attacking Democrats Stephen Douglas, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan. Fessenden's speeches were read widely, influencing Republicans such as Abraham Lincoln and building support for Lincoln's 1860 Republican presidential nomination. During the war, Senator Fessenden helped shape the Union's taxation and financial policies. He moderated his earlier radicalism, and supported Lincoln against the Radicals, becoming Lincoln's Treasury Secretary. After the war, Fessenden was back in the Senate, as chair of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, which established terms for resuming congressional representation for the southern states, and which drafted the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Later, Fessenden provided critical support that prevented Senate conviction of President Andrew Johnson, who had been impeached by the House. He was the first Republican Senator to ring out "...not guilty" followed by six other Republican Senators resulting in the acquittal of President Johnson.He is the only person to have three streets in Portland named for him: William, Pitt and Fessenden streets in the city's Oakdale neighborhood.".
- William_P._Fessenden activeYearsEndDate "1864-07-01".
- William_P._Fessenden activeYearsEndDate "1865-03-03".
- William_P._Fessenden activeYearsEndDate "1869-09-08".
- William_P._Fessenden activeYearsStartDate "1854-02-10".
- William_P._Fessenden activeYearsStartDate "1864-07-05".
- William_P._Fessenden activeYearsStartDate "1865-03-04".
- William_P._Fessenden almaMater Bowdoin_College.
- William_P._Fessenden birthDate "1806-10-16".
- William_P._Fessenden birthPlace Boscawen,_New_Hampshire.
- William_P._Fessenden birthPlace United_States.
- William_P._Fessenden birthYear "1806".
- William_P._Fessenden child Francis_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden child James_Deering_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden child Samuel_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden child William_Howard_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden deathDate "1869-09-08".
- William_P._Fessenden deathPlace Portland,_Maine.
- William_P._Fessenden deathPlace United_States.
- William_P._Fessenden deathYear "1869".
- William_P._Fessenden lccnId "n/50/001285".
- William_P._Fessenden office "United States Secretary of the Treasury".
- William_P._Fessenden office "United States Senator".
- William_P._Fessenden office "from Maine".
- William_P._Fessenden orderInOffice "26th".
- William_P._Fessenden party Opposition_Party_(United_States).
- William_P._Fessenden party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- William_P._Fessenden party Whig_Party_(United_States).
- William_P._Fessenden president Abraham_Lincoln.
- William_P._Fessenden profession Lawyer.
- William_P._Fessenden profession Politician.
- William_P._Fessenden religion Anglicanism.
- William_P._Fessenden successor Hugh_McCulloch.
- William_P._Fessenden termPeriod William_P._Fessenden__1.
- William_P._Fessenden termPeriod William_P._Fessenden__2.
- William_P._Fessenden thumbnail Hon._William_P._Fessenden,_Maine_-_NARA_-_529980.jpg?width=300.
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- William_P._Fessenden after Hugh_McCulloch.
- William_P._Fessenden after John_Sherman.
- William_P._Fessenden after Lot_M._Morrill.
- William_P._Fessenden after Nathan_A._Farwell.
- William_P._Fessenden after Robert_P._Dunlap.
- William_P._Fessenden after "Ohio".
- William_P._Fessenden almaMater Bowdoin_College.
- William_P._Fessenden alongside "Hannibal Hamlin, Amos Nourse and Lot M. Morrill".
- William_P._Fessenden alongside "Lot M. Morrill and Hannibal Hamlin".
- William_P._Fessenden before Albert_Smith_(Maine).
- William_P._Fessenden before James_Pearce.
- William_P._Fessenden before James_W._Bradbury.
- William_P._Fessenden before John_Sherman.
- William_P._Fessenden before Nathan_A._Farwell.
- William_P._Fessenden before Salmon_P._Chase.
- William_P._Fessenden before "Maryland".
- William_P._Fessenden before "Ohio".
- William_P._Fessenden birthDate "1806-10-16".
- William_P._Fessenden birthName "William Pitt Fessenden".
- William_P._Fessenden birthPlace Boscawen,_New_Hampshire.
- William_P._Fessenden birthPlace United_States.
- William_P._Fessenden children Francis_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden children James_Deering_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden children Samuel_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden children William_Howard_Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden class "2".
- William_P._Fessenden dateOfBirth "1806-10-16".
- William_P._Fessenden dateOfDeath "1869-09-08".
- William_P._Fessenden deathDate "1869-09-08".
- William_P._Fessenden deathPlace Portland,_Maine.
- William_P._Fessenden deathPlace United_States.
- William_P._Fessenden department "Secretary of the Treasury".
- William_P._Fessenden district "2".
- William_P._Fessenden hasPhotoCollection William_P._Fessenden.
- William_P._Fessenden lccn "n/50/001285".
- William_P._Fessenden name "Fessenden, William P.".
- William_P._Fessenden name "William P. Fessenden".
- William_P._Fessenden office United_States_Senate.
- William_P._Fessenden office "United States Secretary of the Treasury".
- William_P._Fessenden office "from Maine".
- William_P._Fessenden order "26".
- William_P._Fessenden party Opposition_Party_(United_States).
- William_P._Fessenden party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- William_P._Fessenden party Whig_Party_(United_States).
- William_P._Fessenden placeOfBirth Boscawen,_New_Hampshire.
- William_P._Fessenden placeOfBirth United_States.
- William_P._Fessenden placeOfDeath Portland,_Maine.
- William_P._Fessenden placeOfDeath United_States.
- William_P._Fessenden preceded James_W._Bradbury.
- William_P._Fessenden preceded Nathan_A._Farwell.
- William_P._Fessenden predecessor Salmon_P._Chase.
- William_P._Fessenden president Abraham_Lincoln.
- William_P._Fessenden profession Lawyer.
- William_P._Fessenden profession Politician.
- William_P._Fessenden religion "Anglicanism later from Episcoplianism".
- William_P._Fessenden restingPlace "Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine, U.S.".
- William_P._Fessenden shortDescription "American politician".
- William_P._Fessenden signature "Appletons' Fessenden Samuel - William Pitt signature.jpg".