Fes's enden, William

PITT, lawyer and statesman, born at Boscawen, N. H., Oct. 16, 1806; graduated from Bowdoin College (1823) and began the practice of law (1827) at Bridge ton, Me., soon afterward removing to Portland; was elected to the State legislature in 1832, 1840, 1845 and 1852; to Congre in 1840. In 1854 he entered the U. S. Senate, and was reëlected for a full term in 1859. In 1864-5 he was Secretary of the Treasury, resigning that position to begin a third term in the Senate, of which he was one of the strongest leaders on the Republican side. Died Sept. 8, 1869. Fest'us, in Mi ouri , a city of Jefferson co., about 30 m. S. of St. Louis, on Crystal and Mi . River & Bonne Terre R. Rs.; has manufactures of plate gla . Pop . (1890) 1,335.