Oliver Wolcott Jr. (January 11, 1760 – June 1, 1833) was an American politician and judge. He was the second United States Secretary of the Treasury, a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit, and the 24th Governor of Connecticut. His adult life began with working in Connecticut, followed by participating in the U.S. federal government in the Department of Treasury, before returning to Connecticut, where he spent his life before his death. Throughout his time in politics, Wolcott's political views shifted from Federalist, to Toleration, and finally Jacksonian. Oliver Wolcott Jr. is the son to Oliver Wolcott Sr., part of the Griswold-Wolcott family.
Oliver Wolcott
Born 1760 in Litchfield, CT
Died 1833 in New York, NY
FJC ID: 2628
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- ConnecticutGovernor · 1817–1827
- ConnecticutCandidate for governor · 1827
- Farmer1815–1816
- New York CityCommission merchant · 1793–1815
- Secretary of the Treasury1795–1800
U.S. Department of the TreasuryComptroller · 1791–1795- U.S. Department of the TreasuryAuditor · 1789–1791
- State of ConnecticutComptroller of public accounts · 1788–1789
- Commissioner to settle claims of Connecticut against the United States1784–1788
- Connecticut Committee on Pay-TableMember · 1782–1784
- Connecticut Committee on Pay-TableClerk · 1781–1782
- Continental Army1777–1779
Appointments
- U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit1801–1802 · Appointed by John Adams (Federalist)Term ended: Abolition of Court
Education
- Read law1781
- Yale College1778