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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William P. Fessenden canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American politician
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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
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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
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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
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opposition to some Radical Republican Reconstruction measures ⓘ service on the Joint Committee on Reconstruction ⓘ |
| memberOf |
United States House of Representatives
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United States Senate ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
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Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
leadership on Civil War finance legislation
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role in drafting Reconstruction policies ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boscawen, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
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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
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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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