Christopher Wolcott
Politician
1820 – 1863
Who was Christopher Wolcott?
Christopher Parsons Wolcott was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General 1856-1860 and First Assistant Secretary of War 1862-1863.
Wolcott was born December 17, 1820 in Wolcott, Connecticut. In 1833 he was moved to Steubenville, Ohio and attended public schools. He attended Washington College in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1840. He read law with Tappan & Stanton in Steubenville, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Ravenna, Ohio. In Ravenna he partnered with Lucius V. Bierce. In 1846 he moved to Akron, Ohio. In Akron he partnered with William Otis, until Otis removed to Cleveland. He then partnered with William H. Upson, which lasted the rest of his life. In 1856, Governor Salmon P. Chase appointed him Ohio Attorney General to replace the deceased Francis D. Kimball. He was elected to a two year term later in 1856, and another in 1858.
His cases as Attorney General included the Breslin Treasury defalcation and the Wellington Rescue, where his arguments before the United States Supreme Court were widely celebrated.
Ohio Governor William Dennison named Wolcott to replace the deceased John C.
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- Born
- Dec 17, 1820
Wolcott - Spouses
- Education
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Died
- Apr 4, 1863
Akron
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on July 23, 2013
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