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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instanceOf American politician
United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States senator
human
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath liver disease
child James Deering Fessenden NERFINISHED
Samuel F. Fessenden NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1806-10-16
dateOfDeath 1869-09-08
educatedAt Bowdoin College NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
father Samuel Fessenden NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
middleName Pitt NERFINISHED
notableWork leadership on Civil War finance legislation
role in drafting Reconstruction policies
occupation lawyer
politician
placeOfBirth Boscawen, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Portland, Maine NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
United States Senator from Maine
religion Congregationalism
replaced Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
succeededBy Hugh McCulloch NERFINISHED
workLocation Portland, Maine NERFINISHED

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