Oliver Wolcott
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| 19th Governor of Connecticut | |
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In office January 5, 1796 – December 1, 1797 |
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| Lieutenant | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. |
| Preceded by | Samuel Huntington |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. |
| 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut | |
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In office 1786–1796 |
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| Governor | Samuel Huntington |
| Preceded by | Samuel Huntington |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. |
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| Born | November 20, 1726 Windsor, Connecticut |
| Died | December 1, 1797 (aged 71) Farmington, Connecticut |
| Resting place | East Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Collins Wolcott |
| Children | Oliver Wolcott (died young), Oliver Wolcott Jr., Laura Wolcott Moseley, Mariann Wolcott Goodrich, Frederick Wolcott |
| Profession | Militia Officer, Politician |
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Oliver Wolcott (November 20, 1726–December 1, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and also the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut and the nineteenth Governor of Connecticut. He was a major general for the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary War serving under George Washington.
Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, the youngest of fourteen children of the colonial governor Roger Wolcott and Sarah Drake. He attended Yale College, graduating in 1747 as the top scholar in his class. Upon graduation, New York governor George Clinton granted Wolcott a captain’s commission to raise a militia company to fight in the French and Indian War. Serving as captain, Wolcott served on the northern frontier defending the Canadian border against the French until the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. At the end of the war, Wolcott moved to newly settled Goshen in northwestern Connecticut to practice and study medicine with his brother, Alexander. He then moved to Litchfield and became a merchant and was appointed by his father sheriff of the newly created Litchfield County, Connecticut, serving from 1751 to 1771. He married Lorraine (Laura) Collins of Guilford, Connecticut, on January 21, 1755. They had five children, Oliver (who died young), Oliver Jr., Laura, Mariann, and Frederick.
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