# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-p-fessenden
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:27:55.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-p-fessenden"
name: "William P. Fessenden"
slug: "william-p-fessenden"
description: "William Pitt Fessenden was a politician from Maine, United States. He was a Whig and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate before becoming Secretary of the Treasury under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Fessenden then re-entered the Senate, where he died in office in 1869."
tagline: "American politician (1806–1869)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hon._Wm._Pitt_Fessenden_of_Maine.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-10-16"
deathDate: "1869-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4347826086956523
  historical:           14.23888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump