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Fessenden, William Pitt

U.S. Representatives, U.S. SenatorsBy Jim November 26, 2011 Leave a comment

William Pitt Fessenden, courtesy Maine State Museum

(1806-1869) (brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden and Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden), was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from Maine. He was born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire on October 16, 1806. Fessenden attended the common schools, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1827, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1827, and…

Fessenden, Thomas

U.S. RepresentativesBy Jim November 26, 2011 Leave a comment

Thomas Amory DeBlois Fessenden (1826-1868), brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden and William Pitt Fessenden, was a U.S. Representative born in Portland on January 23, 1826. He attended North Yarmouth Academy and Dartmouth College, was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1845. Fessenden studied law, was admitted to the bar in April 1848, and began his practice…