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Fessenden began his service as Secretary of the Treasury on July 5, 1864. The financial situation becoming favorable on the raising of another large loan, in accordance with his expressed intention, he resigned the secretaryship, leaving on March 3, 1865, to return to the Senate, to which he had now
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into the Union. He wrote its report, which vindicated the power of Congress over the rebellious states, showed their relations to the government under the constitution and the law of nations, and recommended the constitutional safeguards made necessary by the rebellion. At this point, Fessenden was
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of Massachusetts conducted hearings on the widespread reports that Republican senators had been bribed to vote for Johnson's acquittal. In Butler's hearings, and in subsequent inquiries, there was increasing evidence that some acquittal votes were acquired by promises of patronage jobs and cash
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as a Whig in 1840. During this term, he moved to repeal the rule that excluded anti-slavery petitions and spoke upon the loan and bankrupt bills, and the army. At the end of his term in Congress, he turned his attention wholly to his law business until he was again in the Maine legislature in
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In 1867, Radical Republican senator Charles Sumner introduced legislation that would expand Reconstruction efforts that included the provision of homesteads to freedmen. Fessenden lamented in opposition: "That is more than we do for white men," to which Sumner retorted:
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in 1868, Fessenden broke party ranks, along with six other Republican senators, and voted for acquittal. These seven Republican senators were disturbed by how the proceedings had been manipulated in order to give a one-sided presentation of the evidence. He,
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from Russia. His last speech in the Senate was upon the bill to strengthen the public credit. He advocated the payment of the principal of the public debt in gold and opposed the notion that it might lawfully be paid in depreciated greenbacks.
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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 abandoned his earlier radicalism, joining pro-Lincoln
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in 1832 and was its leading debater. He refused nominations to Congress in 1831 and in 1838, and served in the Maine legislature again in 1840, becoming chairman of the house committee to revise the statutes of the state.
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as unnecessary and unjust. As chairman of the finance committee, Fessenden prepared and carried through the senate all measures relating to revenue, taxation, and appropriations, and, as declared by
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Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden: United States Senator from Maine 1854-1864; Secretary of the Treasury 1864-1865; United States Senator from Maine 1865-1869
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in 1827. That year he was admitted to the bar, and practiced with his father, who was also a prominent anti-slavery activist. He practiced law first in Bridgton,
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Fessenden's strong anti-slavery principles caused his election to the U.S. Senate in 1854, with the support of Whigs and Anti-Slavery Democrats.
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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.
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the acknowledged leader in the Senate among Republicans and was considered a moderate rather than Radical Republican. Radical leader
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Cook, Robert J. "Stiffening Abe: William Pitt Fessenden and the Role of the Broker Politician in the Civil War Congress."
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defied their party and public opinion and voted against conviction. They were joined by three other Republican senators (
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1845–46. He acquired a national reputation as a lawyer and an anti-slavery Whig, and in 1849 prosecuted before the
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Cook, Robert J. "'The Grave of All My Comforts': William Pitt Fessenden as Secretary of the Treasury, 1864–65."
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is his great-great-granddaughter who dropped her real name Fessenden and went by her married name Garland.
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pronounced the best he had heard in twenty years. He was again in the Maine legislature in 1853 and 1854.
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Landis, Michael Todd. "'A Champion Had Come': William Pitt Fessenden and the Republican Party, 1854–60,"
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Fessenden married Ellen M. Deering in 1832, and she died in 1857. They had three sons who served in the
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Williams, George H. (1895). Occasional Addresses. Portland, Oregon: F.W. Baltes and Company. pp. 21–28.
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How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America
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Fessenden died on September 8, 1869, while serving in the U.S. Senate. He was interred at the
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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875
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Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic
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for the third time been elected, and where he would serve for the rest of his life.
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The Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republican Economic Policies during the Civil War
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Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
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addressed the U.S. Senate to deliver a tribute to his friend and fellow Senator.
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A lawyer, he was a leading antislavery Whig in Maine; in Congress, he fought the
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Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
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The Origins of the Street Names of the City of Portland, Maine as of 1995
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of Kansas, and his criticisms of the opinion of the supreme court in the
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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
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Edmund G. Ross Was a Profile in Impeachment Corruption, not Courage
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After the war, Fessenden was back in the Senate, as chair of the
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against the Radicals and becoming Lincoln's Treasury Secretary.
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Upon taking office, he immediately began speaking against the
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in 1823 and then studied law. He was a founding member of the
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on October 16, 1806. His father was attorney and legislator
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Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Van Winkle 827:Fractional currency 749:Kansas–Nebraska Act 676:, and afterward in 580:Radical Republicans 551:. He served in the 533:American politician 4714:Postmaster General 4605:Secretary of State 2811:Political offices 2705:Served alongside: 2635:Served alongside: 2338:"Statistics: 1868" 2280:David O. Stewart, 2024:In popular culture 1995:Stirling Fessenden 1902:Nicholas Fessenden 1771:T. A. D. Fessenden 1486:William Fessenden 1466:William Fessenden 1338:William Fessenden 1206:William Fessenden 1036:American Civil War 1009:Evergreen Cemetery 1002:Harvard University 862: 831: 798: 742: 660:He graduated from 569:American Civil War 539:. Fessenden was a 416:Evergreen Cemetery 4802: 4801: 4795: 4772:John Palmer Usher 4766:Caleb Blood Smith 4613:William H. Seward 4555: 4554: 4108: 4107: 3835: 3834: 3455: 3454: 3122: 3121: 2842: 2841: 2833:Succeeded by 2801:Succeeded by 2773:Succeeded by 2745:Succeeded by 2717:Succeeded by 2703:1865–1869 2692:Nathan A. Farwell 2679:Succeeded by 2654:Nathan A. Farwell 2651:Succeeded by 2633:1854–1864 2622:James W. Bradbury 2602:Succeeded by 2413:Civil War History 2126: 2125: 2118: 2029:In the 2012 film 2021: 2020: 2016: 2015: 1884:Francis Fessenden 1763:Hewett Fessenden 1738:Ellen M. Deering 1616:Elisha Hunt Allen 1353:Thomas Fessenden 1171: 1170: 1163: 1048:Francis Fessenden 959:Justin S. Morrill 927:Finance Committee 883:John B. Henderson 870:impeachment trial 864:During President 825:on United States 526: 525: 398:September 8, 1869 246:Nathan A. Farwell 234:James W. Bradbury 199:Nathan A. Farwell 137: 136: 129: 111: 16:(Redirected from 4907: 4860:Fessenden family 4793: 4722:Montgomery Blair 4689:Attorney General 4664:Secretary of War 4626: 4625: 4582: 4575: 4568: 4559: 4558: 4550: 4135: 4128: 4121: 4112: 4111: 4103: 3862: 3855: 3848: 3839: 3838: 3750: 3705: 3570: 3560: 3501: 3497:Public Buildings 3482: 3475: 3468: 3459: 3458: 3450: 3149: 3142: 3135: 3126: 3125: 3006: 2868: 2861: 2854: 2845: 2844: 2816:Preceded by 2783:Preceded by 2755:Preceded by 2727:Preceded by 2689:Preceded by 2661:Preceded by 2619:Preceded by 2605:Robert P. Dunlap 2579:Preceded by 2569: 2568: 2553: 2531: 2523: 2511: 2503: 2487: 2418:Cook, Robert J. 2393: 2385: 2364: 2361: 2355: 2354: 2352: 2350: 2343:UC Santa Barbara 2334: 2328: 2322: 2316: 2315: 2308: 2302: 2291: 2285: 2278: 2272: 2271: 2269: 2267: 2245: 2239: 2234: 2228: 2222: 2207: 2206: 2188: 2182: 2174: 2168: 2162: 2153: 2150: 2144: 2137: 2121: 2114: 2110: 2107: 2101: 2096:this article by 2087:inline citations 2074: 2073: 2066: 1893:Samuel Fessenden 1608:Sarah Fessenden 1588:Samuel Fessenden 1175: 1174: 1166: 1159: 1155: 1152: 1146: 1115: 1107: 1094: 1087: 1080: 1071: 1070: 983:Ulysses S. Grant 875:Joseph S. Fowler 780:Legal Tender Act 765:Republican Party 655:Samuel Fessenden 614:. Later, during 563:under President 559:before becoming 518: 474: 472: 401: 385:October 16, 1806 384: 382: 366:Personal details 356:Robert P. 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Mathew Brady
United States Senator
Maine
Nathan A. Farwell
Lot M. Morrill
James W. Bradbury
Nathan A. Farwell
United States Secretary of the Treasury
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