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William P. Fessenden
(October 16, 1806 – September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the state of
Maine
. He served in the
United States House of Representatives
and the
Senate
before becoming
Secretary of the Treasury
under President
Abraham Lincoln
during the
American Civil War
. This
line engraving
of Fessenden was produced around 1902 by the
Department of the Treasury
's
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(BEP) as part of a
BEP presentation album
of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury.
Engraving credit:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; restored by
Andrew Shiva
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