William P. Fessenden
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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.
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Running the "Machine"An 1864 cartoon featuring Fessenden, Edwin Stanton, Abraham Lincoln, William Seward and Gideon Welles takes a swing at the Lincoln administration.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Fessenden as Treasury Secretary
Fessenden was one of only three people depicted on United States Fractional currency during their lifetime.
Frederic Porter Vinton's portrait of Fessenden, posthumous. Circa. 1870In their orbit 2
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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.
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