OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR.

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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