Stirling Fessenden

Stirling Fessenden
Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council
In office
12 October 1923 – 5 March 1929
Preceded byH.G. Simms
Succeeded byHarry Edward Arnhold
Secretary General of the Shanghai Municipal Council
In office
6 March 1929 – 30 June 1939
Preceded byNew position
Succeeded byG. Godfrey Phillips
Personal details
Born(1875-09-29)September 29, 1875
Fort Fairfield, Maine, U.S.
Died(1944-02-01)February 1, 1944 (aged 68)
Shanghai
Professionlawyer

Stirling Fessenden (29 September 1875 – 1 February 1944), an American lawyer who practiced in Shanghai, was the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1923 to 1929 and then Secretary-General of the Council from 1929 to 1939.