Oliver Wolcott was an American soldier and politician. He was born in 1726 and died in 1797. He was a member of the Connecticut executive council from 1774 to 1786. He was Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Northern Department in 1775. He was a delegate from Connecticut to the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778, and signed the American Declaration of Independence. He was placed in command of fourteen Connecticut regiments which he organized for the defence of New York. He led a brigade under General Gates at Saratoga. He served in Congress from 1780 to 1784. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796, when he became Governor.
Oliver Wolcott was an American kurist and politician. He was born in 1760 and died in 1833. He was comptroller of public accounts of the United States from 1788 to 1789, auditor of the US Treasury from 1789 to 1791, and Comptroller from 1791 to 1795. He was Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinets of George Washington and Adams from 1795 to 1801, but opposed Adams' policy, being guided by Hamilton. He was a US Circuit Judge from 1801 to 1803, and Governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827. Research Oliver Wolcott
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