American politician (1826–1868)
Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden (January 23, 1826 – September 28, 1868) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Maine .
Biography
Born in Portland, Maine , he attended North Yarmouth Academy and Dartmouth College and graduated from Bowdoin College 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 Republican National Convention in 1856 and 1868 and a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1860 and 1868, as well as prosecuting attorney for Androscoggin County in 1861 and 1862.
He was elected as a Republican to the 37th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Walton 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 Treasury Secretary William P. Fessenden and congressman Samuel C. Fessenden . He was an uncle of Union Army generals Francis Fessenden and James D. Fessenden .
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