Nicholas Fessenden (November 23, 1847 – December 18, 1927) was a US attorney and politician who served from 1891 to 1896 as Secretary of State of Maine.

He interned at the law firm of John H. French and was admitted as a lawyer in 1868.

Fessenden served in Fort Fairfield for several years as "Selectmen and overseers of poor",[4] and also as town clerk.

Fessenden was a Freemason and belonged to the Odd Fellows He married Laura Emily Sterling (1852–1935).

Nicholas Fessenden died on December 18, 1927, in Fort Fairfield, Maine, and was buried there.