Excerpt from Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. 1 of 2: United States Senator From Maine, 1854-1864, Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-1865, United States Senator From Maine, 1865-1869Birth. School. Bowdoin College. Lawyer. Maine legislature, 1842. Maine legislature, 1845. Resolves to base his future political action upon opposition to extension of slavery. - Defeated for Congress. Western trip with Daniel Webster's party. - Member of Congress, 1841-1851. Delegate at large to Whig National Convention, 1852. Maine legislature, 1852 - 1853. - Elected United States senator, 1854. - Sketch of the life of his father, Samuel Fessenden.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.