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Fessenden, William Pitt

lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 16, 1806, in Boscawen, N. H.

He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1832 and in 1840; was a representative in congress from 1841 to 1843, declining further service; and was again in the state legislature in 1845 and 1846, and in 1853 and 1854. He was elected a senator in congress for six years, from 1853; and in 1859 was re-elected for the term of six years. In 1864 he was elected a senator in congress for the term 1865-71. He died Sept. 8, 1870, in Portland, Maine.