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When was William Pitt Fessenden elected to the senate?

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Fessenden was active in organizing the Republican party in Maine and in 1854 was elected to the U.S. Senate, where, except for nine months as Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury (June, 1864-Mar., 1865), he remained until his death.

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