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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
governor of
Connecticut from
1817 to
1827.
He was born in
Litchfield, Connecticut, son of
Oliver Wolcott, Sr. and Laura Collins Wolcott. He graduated from
Yale University in 1778, later studying law at
Litchfield Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1781.
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; as Secretary, he was Washington's intermediary in getting the Collector of Customs for
Portsmouth, New Hampshire to ship a runaway slave-woman back to
Mount Vernon if it could be done quietly; it couldn't be, and she remained there. He resigned in 1800 due to 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.
In
1799, as Secretary of the Treasury, he designed the
United States Customs Service flag.
From 1803 to 1815 he operated in private business in
New York City, afterwards retiring to Litchfield. He was elected governor in 1817 as a "
Toleration Republican", following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, and serving ten years in the post. His tenure was noted for the economic growth and moderate policies that attended it. Additionally, he presided over a convention that created a new
state constitution in 1818.
Wolcott died in New York City and is interred at East Cemetery in Litchfield. Prior to his death, Wolcott had been the last surviving member of the Washington Cabinet.
The town of
Wolcott, Connecticut was named in honor of Oliver Jr. and his father Oliver.
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