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Oliver Wolcott Sr. (/ ˈ w ʊ l k ə t / WUUL-kət; November 20, 1726 – December 1, 1797) was an American Founding Father and politician. He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut, and the nineteenth governor of Connecticut.
It eventually adopted the Lee Resolution which established the new country on July 2, 1776, ... 1776–1777: Oliver Wolcott: 1776–1778; 1781: 1781–1783
Williams was elected to replace Oliver Wolcott at the Continental Congress on July 11, 1776, the day Connecticut received official word of the independence vote of July 2. Though he arrived at Congress on July 28, much too late to vote for the Declaration of Independence, he signed the formal copy as a representative of Connecticut. [ 8 ]
In January 1776, he joined Roger Sherman and Oliver Wolcott, which collectively represented the Connecticut Colony's delegation in the Second Continental Congress. He voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He served in the Congress in the years 1776, 1778–1781, and 1783.
The Halifax Resolves was a name later given to the resolution adopted by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on April 12, 1776. The adoption of the resolution was the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution .
1776–1789 American ... Conservative patriots such as Oliver Wolcott, who had fought for independence from Britain but did not favor major changes to the social ...
Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1776), Articles of Confederation (1781), and United States Constitution (1789) Leader(s) ... [342] Oliver Wolcott ...
On election day, 13 April 1797, Federalist nominee Oliver Wolcott easily won re-election as he ran unopposed. Wolcott was sworn in for his second term on 2 May 1797. Wolcott was sworn in for his second term on 2 May 1797.