Oliver Wolcott Jr. Facts for Kids

Oliver Wolcott


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)
Relatives	Oliver Wolcott Sr. (Father) Roger Wolcott (Grandfather)
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 governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827.

v t e United States Secretaries of the Treasury
Hamilton • Wolcott • Dexter • Gallatin • Campbell • Dallas • Crawford • Rush • Ingham • McLane • Duane • Taney • Woodbury • Ewing • Forward • Spencer • Bibb • Walker • Meredith • Corwin • Guthrie • Cobb • Thomas • Dix • Chase • Fessenden • McCulloch • Boutwell • Richardson • Bristow • Morrill • Sherman • Windom • Folger • Gresham • McCulloch • Manning • Fairchild • Windom • Foster • Carlisle • Gage • Shaw • Cortelyou • MacVeagh • McAdoo • Glass • Houston • Mellon • Mills • Woodin • Morgenthau • Vinson • Snyder • Humphrey • Anderson • Dillon • Fowler • Barr • Kennedy • Connally • Shultz • Simon • Blumenthal • Miller • Regan • Baker • Brady • Bentsen • Rubin • Summers • O'Neill • Snow • Paulson • Geithner • Lew • Mnuchin • Yellen • Bessent

v t e Cabinet of President George Washington (1789–1797)
Vice President	John Adams (1789–1797)
Secretary of State	Thomas Jefferson (1789–1793) • Edmund Randolph (1794–1795) • Timothy Pickering (1795–1797)
Secretary of the Treasury	Alexander Hamilton (1789–1795) • Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1795–1797)
Secretary of War	Henry Knox (1789–1794) • Timothy Pickering (1795–1795) • James McHenry (1796–1797)
Attorney General	Edmund Randolph (1789–1794) • William Bradford (1794–1795) • Charles Lee (1795–1797)

v t e Cabinet of President John Adams (1797–1801)
Vice President	Thomas Jefferson (1797–1801)
Secretary of State	Timothy Pickering (1797–1800) • John Marshall (1800–1801)
Secretary of the Treasury	Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1797–1801) • Samuel Dexter (1801)
Secretary of War	James McHenry (1796–1800) • Samuel Dexter (1800–1801)
Attorney General	Charles Lee (1797–1801)
Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin Stoddert (1798–1801)