Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808) — of Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.Born in Mansfield,TollandCounty, Conn.,March21, 1745.Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1787; member ofNewHampshire state senate from Grafton County, 1789-91, 1792-94;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1797-1801.DiedAugust20, 1808 (age63 years, 152days).Interment atHanoverCenter Cemetery, Hanover, N.H. | | Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (1766-1800) — of Massachusetts. Born in Sandwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,May 1,1766.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1795-99 (5th District 1795-97,at-large 1797-99).Died in Sandwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,August22, 1800 (age34 years, 113days).Interment atOldTown Cemetery, Sandwich, Mass. | | Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) — of New Gloucester,CumberlandCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,July 16,1784.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1815-16; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1818-19.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March19, 1869 (age84 years, 246days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Fessenden and Sarah (Clement) Fessenden; married to RuthGreen and Deborah Chandler; father ofWilliamPitt Fessenden,SamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden andJosephPalmer Fessenden; grandfather ofJamesDeering Fessenden,FrancisFessenden,JoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908) andOliverGrosvenor Fessenden; great-grandfather ofCharlesMilton Fessenden; second cousin once removed ofWilliamFessenden Allen; third cousin ofBenjaminFessenden,JohnMilton Fessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed ofIra A.Locke,WalterFessenden andSamuelFessenden (1845-1903); third cousin twice removed ofAaronKellogg,IraEdgar Locke,HenryNichols Blake andSethGrosvenor Heacock; fourth cousin ofBennetBicknell; fourth cousin once removed ofAbelMerrill,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,PeterRawson Taft,SimeonW. Spafard,CharlesH. Eastman andEbenezerOliver Grosvenor. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881) — of Cumberland,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Sandwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,June 13,1797.Cotton goodsmanufacturer; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1855-56;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1855-56; memberofRhodeIsland state senate, 1869-70;postmaster.Unitarian;laterBaptist.DiedJanuary6, 1881 (age83 years, 207days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.| | Relatives: Sonof William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother ofCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; married,December13, 1821, to Mary Wilkinson; nephew ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; first cousin once removed ofSamuelFessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed ofJosephOtis andSamuelAllyne Otis; second cousin once removed ofWalterFessenden; second cousin twice removed ofHarrisonGray Otis; third cousin ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869),JohnMilton Fessenden andReubenEaton Fenton; third cousin once removed ofWilliamPitt Fessenden,SamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden,WilliamFessenden Allen andJosephPalmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed ofAsahelOtis,JamesDeering Fessenden,HenryNichols Blake,FrancisFessenden,JoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908),OliverGrosvenor Fessenden andDesdaChapin; third cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminLincoln andCharlesMilton Fessenden; fourth cousin ofJamesOtis; fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRawson Taft,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,Asa H.Otis andEbenezerOliver Grosvenor. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Milton Fessenden (1804-1883) — also known asJohn M. Fessenden — Born in Warren,BristolCounty, R.I.,December21, 1804.Civilengineer; worked oncanalsandrailroads;U.S. Consul inDresden, 1850-54.Died inWashington,D.C.,February8, 1883 (age78 years, 49days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof John Fessenden and Abigail Miller (Child) Fessenden; married,May 21,1834, to Mary Pierce Bumstead; married,June 25,1868, to Sarah Ann Murphy; second cousin twice removed ofHenryNichols Blake; third cousin ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869),BenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed ofWilliamPitt Fessenden,WalterFessenden,SamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden,WilliamFessenden Allen,JosephPalmer Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1845-1903) andRobertFiske Bradford; third cousin twice removed ofJamesDeering Fessenden,FrancisFessenden,JoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908) andOliverGrosvenor Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesMilton Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,PeterRawson Taft,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor andCharlesGrenfill Washburn. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Boscawen,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,October16, 1806.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1832-33, 1840-41, 1845-46,1853-54;U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1841-43; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Maine, 1848, 1852;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1854-64, 1865-69; died in office 1869;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.Member,OddFellows.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September8, 1869 (age62 years, 327days).Original interment atWesternCemetery, Portland, Maine; reinterment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine.| | Presumably namedfor:WilliamPitt | | | | Relatives: Son ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Ruth (Green) Fessenden;half-brother ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden andJosephPalmer Fessenden; married,April23, 1832, to Ellen Maria Deering; father ofJamesDeering Fessenden,FrancisFessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1841-1862; killed in Civil War);uncle ofJoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908) andOliverGrosvenor Fessenden; granduncle ofCharlesMilton Fessenden; third cousin ofWilliamFessenden Allen; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminFessenden,JohnMilton Fessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg; fourth cousin ofIra A.Locke,WalterFessenden andSamuelFessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed ofBennetBicknell,IraEdgar Locke,HenryNichols Blake andSethGrosvenor Heacock. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William Pitt Fessenden:Robert J. Cook,CivilWar Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save theAmerican Republic | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Walter Fessenden (1813-1884) — of Townsend,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Groton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September20, 1813.Democrat.Cooper;postmaster;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1856,1860;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1861.Died in Townsend,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January28, 1884 (age70 years, 130days).Interment atHillside Cemetery, Townsend, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Fessenden (1772-1837) and Lavina (Stevens) Fessenden;married,February6, 1838, to Harriet Elizabeth Lewis; second cousin once removedofBenjaminFessenden (1797-1881) andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin ofSamuelFessenden (1845-1903); third cousin once removed ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869) andJohnMilton Fessenden; fourth cousin ofWilliamPitt Fessenden,SamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden,WilliamFessenden Allen andJosephPalmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed ofIra A.Locke,JamesDeering Fessenden,HenryNichols Blake,FrancisFessenden,JoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908) andOliverGrosvenor Fessenden. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden (1813-1895) — also known asC. B. H. Fessenden — of Utica,MacombCounty, Mich.; New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Sandwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,July 17,1813.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Macomb County, 1842;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Bedford, Mass., Massachusetts,1853-61;newspapereditor;BristolCounty Sheriff, 1863-69.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1895 (age81 years, 273days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother ofBenjaminFessenden; married,June 21,1842, to Sarah A. H. Fitch; nephew ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; first cousin once removed ofSamuelFessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed ofJosephOtis andSamuelAllyne Otis; second cousin once removed ofWalterFessenden; second cousin twice removed ofHarrisonGray Otis; third cousin ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869),JohnMilton Fessenden andReubenEaton Fenton; third cousin once removed ofWilliamPitt Fessenden,SamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden,WilliamFessenden Allen andJosephPalmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed ofAsahelOtis,JamesDeering Fessenden,HenryNichols Blake,FrancisFessenden,JoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908),OliverGrosvenor Fessenden andDesdaChapin; third cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminLincoln andCharlesMilton Fessenden; fourth cousin ofJamesOtis; fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRawson Taft,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,Asa H.Otis andEbenezerOliver Grosvenor. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) — also known asSamuel Fessenden — of Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in New Gloucester,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March 7,1815.Republican.Pastor,Second Congregational Church, Thomaston, Maine, 1837-56;lawyer; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1846, 1847, 1848;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul inSaint John, 1879-81.Congregationalist.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April18, 1882 (age67 years, 42days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Stamford, Conn. | | Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden (1826-1868) — also known asThomas A. D. Fessenden — of Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January23, 1826.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1856,1868;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1861;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1862-63.Died in Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,September28, 1868 (age42 years, 249days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Lewiston, Maine. | | Joseph Palmer Fessenden (1831-1909) — also known asJoseph P. Fessenden — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September27, 1831.Republican.Physician;postmaster atLewiston,Maine, 1861-70.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,March26, 1909 (age77 years, 180days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | James Deering Fessenden (1833-1882) — also known asJames D. Fessenden — Born in Westbrook,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September28, 1833.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1872-74.Member,LoyalLegion.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November18, 1882 (age49 years, 51days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Francis Fessenden (1839-1906) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March18, 1839.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; suffereda battlefield injury which resulted in alegamputation;lawyer;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1876-77.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January2, 1906 (age66 years, 290days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Joshua Abbe Fessenden (1841-1908) — also known asJoshua A. Fessenden — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,February15, 1841.Republican. Postmaster atStamford,Conn., 1897-1908.Died, fromheartdisease, in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 24,1908 (age67 years, 130days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903) — of Sandwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Sandwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,May 28,1845.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1888.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1903 (age57 years, 239days).Interment atBay View Cemetery, Sandwich, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof William Fessenden and Lucy Parker (Pope) Fessenden; married,November6, 1872, to Mary Morse; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin ofWalterFessenden andAustinWells Holden; third cousin once removed ofSamuelClement Fessenden (1784-1869) andJohnMilton Fessenden; fourth cousin ofWilliamPitt Fessenden,SamuelClement Fessenden (1815-1882),ThomasAmory Deblois Fessenden,WilliamFessenden Allen andJosephPalmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesDeering Fessenden,HenryNichols Blake,FrancisFessenden,JoshuaAbbe Fessenden,SamuelFessenden (1847-1908) andOliverGrosvenor Fessenden. | | | | Political families:Fessenden#1 family of Maine and Massachusetts;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,April12, 1847.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;bankdirector; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Stamford, 1875, 1879,1895-96;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1895-96; delegateto Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1876,1880,1884(alternate),1888(speaker),1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker);Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1884-88; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Connecticut, 1896; member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1901; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1905-08.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January7, 1908 (age60 years, 270days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Stamford, Conn. | | Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden (1855-1921) — also known asOliver G. Fessenden — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,December25, 1855.Republican. Candidate formayorof Stamford, Conn., 1897.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 20,1921 (age65 years, 207days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Stamford, Conn. | | Charles Milton Fessenden (1883-1955) — also known asC. Milton Fessenden — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August28, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1916.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.DiedJanuary11, 1955 (age71 years, 136days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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