[1] Served as a Whig for his term in the US House.
Father: Samuel Fessenden (attorney/legislator, b. 1784, d. 1869)
Mother: Ruth Greene (unmarried mother, separated from her at birth)
Mother: Deborah Chandler (stepmother)
Brother: Samuel Clement Fessenden
Brother: Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden
Girlfriend: Elizabeth Longfellow (engagement broken 1829 with her death)
Wife: Ellen Maria Deering (m. 23-Apr-1832, four sons)
Son: Samuel Fessenden (b. 6-Jan-1841, d. 1-Sep-1862 killed in action)
Son: James Deering Fessenden (b. 28-Sep-1833, d. 18-Nov-1882)
Son: Francis Fessenden (b. 18-Mar-1839)
Son: William Howard Fessenden (b. 5-May-1835, d. 21-Sep-1898)
High School: North Yarmouth Academy
University: Bowdoin College (1827)
Administrator: Trustee, Bowdoin College (1843-69)
US Senator, Maine (4-Mar-1865 to 8-Sep-1869, his death)
US Secretary of the Treasury (1864-65)
US Senator, Maine (4-Mar-1853 to 1-Jul-1864, resigned)
Maine State House of Representatives (1853-54)
Maine State House of Representatives (1845-46)
US Congressman, Maine 2nd (4-Mar-1841 to 3-Mar-1843)
Maine State House of Representatives (1840)
Maine State House of Representatives (1832)
Maine State Bar Association 1827
AKA William Pitt Fessenden