Leonard Wilcox

Leonard Wilcox ( born January 29, 1799 in Hanover, New Hampshire, † June 18 1850 in Orford, New Hampshire ) is an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.

Leonard Wilcox, whose father Jeduthun Wilcox 1813-1816 sat for New Hampshire House of Representatives of the United States, made in 1817 graduated from Dartmouth College in his hometown of Hanover. He studied as a consequence the law, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and began in Orford in Grafton County to practice. From 1828 to 1834 Wilcox held as a deputy in the House of Representatives of New Hampshire his first political office. Between 1838 and 1840 he was a judge at the Superior Court ( Superior Court ) of New Hampshire; In addition, he served from 1838 to 1842 as Bank Officer ( Bank Commissioner) of the state.

As the later U.S. President Franklin Pierce resigned his seat on the United States Senate on February 28, 1842 Leonard Wilcox was appointed by Governor John Page as his successor. He remained after his confirmation at the next election from March 1, 1842 to March 3, 1843 in Washington, re-election, he joined not to. He then worked again as a lawyer. From 1847 to 1848 he was judge of the Court of Common Pleas of New Hampshire, before he returned to the Superior Court, where he held the office of judge until his death in 1850.