Oliver Wolcott Jr.
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Oliver Wolcott Jr. was an American statesman who served as the second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as Governor of Connecticut in the early years of the republic.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Governor of Connecticut
ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
George Washington
ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ |
| burialPlace | East Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1760-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1833-06-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
1800-12-31 (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury)
ⓘ
1827-05-02 (as Governor of Connecticut) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Wolcott ⓘ |
| father | Oliver Wolcott Sr. ⓘ |
| givenName | Oliver ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Roger Wolcott (grandfather) ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Federalists
ⓘ
surface form:
Federalist Party
|
| mother | Laura Collins Wolcott ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | none ⓘ |
| notableFor |
serving as Governor of Connecticut for a decade
ⓘ
serving as the second United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of U.S. Treasury debt and fiscal policy in the 1790s ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participatedIn | early financial administration of the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Litchfield, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Connecticut
ⓘ
Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit ⓘ Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
| precededBy |
Alexander Hamilton
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexander Hamilton (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury)
John Cotton Smith (as Governor of Connecticut) ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| residence |
Litchfield, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Oliver Wolcott Jr. ⓘ |
| spouse | Laura Collins Wolcott Jr. (often referred to as Laura Collins) ⓘ |
| startTime |
1795-02-03 (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury)
ⓘ
1817-05-08 (as Governor of Connecticut) ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Gideon Tomlinson (as Governor of Connecticut)
ⓘ
Samuel Dexter (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hartford, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Litchfield, Connecticut