Oliver Wolcott

Judge Oliver Wolcott

Personal

Birthday:

1/11/1760

Birthplace:

Litchfield, CT

Date of Death:

6/1/1833

Place of Death:

New York, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Continental Army, 1777-1779
Clerk, Connecticut Committee on Pay-Table, 1781-1782
Member, Connecticut Committee on Pay-Table, 1782-1784
Commissioner to settle claims of Connecticut against the United States, 1784-1788
Comptroller of public accounts, State of Connecticut, 1788-1789
Auditor, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1789-1791
Comptroller, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1791-1795
Commission merchant, New York City, 1793-1815
Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800
Farmer, 1815-1816
Governor, Connecticut, 1817-1827
Candidate for governor, Connecticut, 1827

Education

Name of School:

Yale College

Degree Year:

1778

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1781

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit

President Nominating:

John Adams

Party Affiliation of President:

Federalist

Commission Date:

02/20/1801

Termination Date:

07/01/1802

Termination Reason:

Abolition of Court