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Oliver Wolcott Jr.

Oliver Wolcott
Oliver Wolcott Jr by Gilbert Stuart circa 1820.jpeg
24th Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 8, 1817 – May 2, 1827
Lieutenant Jonathan Ingersoll
David Plant
Preceded by John Smith
Succeeded by Gideon Tomlinson
Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit
In office
February 20, 1801 – July 1, 1802
Appointed by John Adams
Preceded by Seat established
Succeeded by Seat abolished
2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
February 3, 1795 – December 31, 1800
President George Washington
John Adams
Preceded by Alexander Hamilton
Succeeded by Samuel Dexter
Personal details
Born (1760-01-11)January 11, 1760
Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Died June 1, 1833(1833-06-01) (aged 73)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party Federalist (Before 1816)
Toleration/Democratic-Republican (1816–1827)
Education Yale University (BA)
Litchfield Law School
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Oliver Wolcott Jr. (January 11, 1760 – June 1, 1833) was United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 and the 24th Governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827.

Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Wolcott was the son of Oliver Wolcott Sr. and Laura Collins Wolcott. He was able to graduate from Yale University in 1778, despite serving in the Continental Army from 1777 to 1779. He later read law and studied at Litchfield Law School to be admitted to the bar in 1781.

He was a clerk in Connecticut's Office of the Committee on the Pay Table from 1781 to 1782, and a commissioner on that committee from 1782-1784. Wolcott was appointed in 1784 as one of the commissioners to mediate claims between the U.S. and the state of Connecticut. After serving as state comptroller of Connecticut from 1788–90, he was named auditor of the federal treasury, and became Comptroller of the Treasury in 1791. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington in 1795 to succeed Alexander Hamilton. In 1799, as Secretary of the Treasury, he designed the United States Customs Service flag. Though, with Timothy Pickering and James McHenry, he was one of three of the four members of Adams's Cabinet to offer persistent opposition to Adams's efforts to preserve peaceful relations with France and then to end the quasi-war with France, Adams did not request Wolcott's resignation at the time he sought McHenry's resignation and dismissed Pickering. Wolcott continued in office, but resigned on the last day of 1800 due to his growing unpopularity, and a particularly vitriolic campaign against him in the press in which, among other things, he was falsely accused of setting fire to the State Department building.


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