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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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.

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subject surface form: Litchfield, Connecticut