Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

Oliver Wolcott Jr. ( born January 11, 1760 Litchfield, Connecticut, † June 1, 1833 in New York City ) was an American politician and the second Treasury of the United States. In addition, he served from 1817 to 1827 as governor of the state of Connecticut.

Wolcott studied law, inter alia, at the prestigious Yale University. From 1777 to 1779 he served in the Continental Army. His political career began when he helped to mediate between the State of Connecticut and the United States in a legal dispute in 1784. Between 1788 and 1795 he worked for the Ministry of Finance as an auditor.

1795 appointed him President George Washington as Treasury Secretary ( Secretary of the Treasury ) in his cabinet. Wolcott came back five years to it because he was too unpopular. His unpopularity touched especially by a hard campaign against him here. He was falsely accused the State Department to have set on fire. President John Adams appointed him on February 18, 1801 Federal Judge at United States Circuit Court for the second district court; after Adams ' successor, Thomas Jefferson had abolished this Court again, Wolcott consequently lost on July 1, 1802 also be a judge.

From 1803 to 1815 he worked in the private sector. In 1817 he was a member of the Federalist Party Governor of Connecticut and entered in the footsteps of his father, Oliver Wolcott and his grandfather, the colonial Governor Roger Wolcott. His tenure was marked by economic growth and a moderate policy. In addition, Wolcott draws partly responsible for the 1818 Constitution came into force in the state.