Roger Wolcott (politician, 1847)

Roger Wolcott

Roger Wolcott (born July 13, 1847 in Boston , Massachusetts , † December 21, 1900 ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Massachusetts from 1896 to 1900 .

Career

Roger Wolcott studied at Harvard University until 1870 . After studying law at the law school of this university, he received his law degree in 1874. Wolcott became a member of the Republican Party . From 1882 to 1884 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; he was also a member of the executive committee of his party in Massachusetts. From 1892 to 1896 he was lieutenant governor of his state.

After the death of Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge Wolcott had to take over his office on March 5, 1896. After he was elected governor himself in the following years, he was able to exercise this office until January 4, 1900. During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell , in which troops from Massachusetts took an active part.

In 1900 Wolcott was a Republican elector for President William McKinley's re-election . He was offered the post of ambassador in Italy , which he declined as well as the offer to become government representative in the Philippines . Wolcott was on business with the Boston and Albany Railroad . He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and a curator of Harvard University. He was also active in various other honorary positions. He died in December 1900. He and his wife Edith Prescott had five children.

Web links

• Roger Wolcott in the National Governors Association (English)
• Roger Wolcott in the database of Find a Grave (English)