Samuel Clement Fessenden

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About Samuel Clement Fessenden

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Samuel Clement Fessenden (March 7, 1815 – April 18, 1882) was a United States Congressman from Maine, son of abolitionist Samuel Fessenden, and brother of Treasury Secretary William Pitt Fessenden and Congressman T. A. D. Fessenden. He was an uncle of Union Army generals, Francis Fessenden and James D. Fessenden.

Born in New Gloucester, Maine, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1834 and from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1837. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Second Congregational Church if Thomaston, Maine from 1837 to 1856. He then established the Maine Evangelist and began to study law. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing in 1858, eventually becoming judge of the Rockland municipal court.

He was elected as a Republican to the 37th Congress, serving March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863; was not a candidate for renomination. He was an examiner in the United States Patent Office from 1865 to 1879 and then the United States consul at Saint John, New Brunswick from 1879 to 1881.

He died in Stamford, Connecticut in 1882. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine.

Family

Samuel Clement's son Joshua Abbe Fessenden (born in Rockland, Maine) was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the 1st U. S. Cavalry, 24 March 1862; 2nd lieutenant 5th Artillery, 6 September 1862; 1st lieutenant, 30 November 1865; captain, 26 June 1882. He was wounded at Chickamauga. Samuel Clement's son Samuel (born in Rockland) was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the 5th Maine battery, 18 January 1865. He was a lawyer and politician in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Samuel Clement Fessenden's Timeline

1815
May 7, 1815
New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
1839
December 1, 1839
1841
February 15, 1841
1843
January 11, 1843
1845
February 9, 1845
Rockland, Knox County, Maine, United States
1847
April 12, 1847
Maine, USA
1849
April 12, 1849
1851
December 12, 1851
1853
April 22, 1853
1854
November 1, 1854