01258nam a2200253u  45000010008000000030008000080050017000160070003000330080041000360100013000770400022000900430012001120500018001240820006001421000051001482450068001992600055002673000040003225040030003625200501003926000041008936500038009346500032009723112549MeVbMML20250626161855.0ta060921b        ||||||||||||||||||||eng|u  a62010726  aDLCcWadDLCdAJM  an-us-me00aE415.9.F4bJ400aB1 aJellison, Charles A.q(Charles Albert),d1924-10aFessenden of Maine :bCivil War Senator /cCharles A. Jellison.  aSyracuse, N.Y.,bSyracuse University Pressc[1962]  avi., 294 p.bplates, ports.c24 cm.  aBibliography: p. 274-284.  a"Entering the Senate during the convulsive Kansas-Nebraska debate, William Pitt Fessenden rose to a place of leadership among that small band of anti-Nebraska Congressmen who then swung their support to the infant Republican party. Until his death in 1869 Senator Fessenden occupied a commanding position in national councils, where his powerful intellect, mastery in debate, and unquestioned integrity caused him to be considered by many of his colleagues as the foremost legislator of his day."10aFessenden, William Pitt,d1806-1869.  aKansas-Nebraska debatevBiography  aRepublican partyvBiography