OVERVIEW:
BORN:
January 11, 1760:
Litchfield, Connecticut
DIED:
June 1, 1833 (age 73);
New York, New York
EDUCATION:
Yale University
Studied Law under Tapping Reeve
POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist (Before 1816)
Toleration/Democratic-Republican (1816–1827)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1777-1779:
Continental Army
1781:
Admitted to Bar
1781-1782:
Clerk, Connecticut Committee on Pay-Table
1782-1784:
Member, Connecticut Committee on Pay-Table
1784-1788:
Commissioner to settle claims of Connecticut against the United States
1788-1789:
Comptroller of Public Accounts, State of Connecticut
1789-1791:
Auditor, U.S. Department of the Treasury
1791-1795
Comptroller, U.S. Department of the Treasury
1793-1815:
Commission merchant, New York City
1795-1800:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1801-1802:
Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit
1803-1805:
Moved to New York and entered a business partnership,
Formed Oliver Wolcott & Company
1810-1811:
Board of Directors, Bank of the United States
1812-1814:
President, the Bank of America
1815-1816:
Farmer
1816:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor
1817-1827:
Governor of Connecticut
BIOGRAPHIES:
Connecticut Historical Society
Department of the Treasury
UVA Miller Center
Museum of American Finance
Directory of Federal Judges
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut Digital Archive