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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