Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden (January 23, 1826 – September 28, 1868) was an American politician. He was a

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from Maine. __NOTOC__

Biography

Born in Portland, Maine, he attended

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and Dartmouth College and graduated from

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in 1845. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in April 1848. He established a practice in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and moved to Auburn, Maine in 1850, where he continuing working as an attorney. He was a delegate to the

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in 1856 and 1868 and a member of the

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in 1860 and 1868, as well as prosecuting attorney for

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in 1861 and 1862. He was elected as a Republican to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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and served from December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1863, and was not a candidate for renomination in 1862. He returned to Maine and resumed the practice of law. He died in Auburn, and is interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.

Family

He was the son of abolitionist legislator Samuel Fessenden, and brother of

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William P. Fessenden William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Fessenden was a Whig (later a Republican) and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House o ...

and

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Samuel C. Fessenden Samuel Clement Fessenden (March 7, 1815 – April 18, 1882) was an American abolitionist and United States Congressman from Maine. __NOTOC__ Early life and education Born in New Gloucester, Massachusetts (now in Maine), Samuel Fessenden gradua ...

. He was an uncle of Union Army generals Francis Fessenden and

James D. Fessenden James Deering Fessenden (September 28, 1833 – November 18, 1882) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of Maine who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Primarily a staff officer ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fessenden, T.A.D. 1826 births 1868 deaths Dartmouth College alumni Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives People of Maine in the American Civil War Bowdoin College alumni Politicians from Portland, Maine People from Mechanic Falls, Maine Fessenden family Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine) Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine 19th-century American politicians Politicians from Auburn, Maine