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Oliver Wolcott

1726 - 1797

Oliver Wolcott

Oliver Wolcott Sr. ( 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. Wolcott was a major general for the Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary War serving under George Washington. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Oliver Wolcott is the 17,911th most popular politician (up from 18,229th in 2024), the 13,378th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,651st in 2019) and the 1,019th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oliver Wolcott ranks 17,911 out of 19,576. Before him are Martin Sonneborn, İsmet Yılmaz, Raffaele Lombardo, Hirofumi Yoshimura, Jeff Merkley, and Jim Gilmore. After him are Frank Murphy, Kadri Simson, Isabella Lövin, Steve Beshear, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Giuseppe Pericu.

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Martin Sonneborn
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 17,912
İsmet Yılmaz
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 17,913
Raffaele Lombardo
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 17,914
Hirofumi Yoshimura
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 17,915
Jeff Merkley
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 17,916
Jim Gilmore
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 17,917
Oliver Wolcott
1726 - 1797
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 17,918
Frank Murphy
1890 - 1949
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 17,919
Kadri Simson
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 17,920
Isabella Lövin
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 17,921
Steve Beshear
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 17,922
Kay Bailey Hutchison
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 17,923
Giuseppe Pericu
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 17,924

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Oliver Wolcott ranks 26. Before him are Vasily Chichagov, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Thomas Pennant, Alexander Kokorinov, Benjamin Harrison V, and George Wythe. Among people deceased in 1797, Oliver Wolcott ranks 28. Before him are Francesco Sabatini, John Wilkes, Molla Panah Vagif, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Pietro Verri, and Carter Braxton.

Others Born in 1726

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Vasily Chichagov
EXPLORER
1726 - 1809
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 20
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1726 - 1799
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 21
Thomas Pennant
BIOLOGIST
1726 - 1798
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 22
Alexander Kokorinov
ARCHITECT
1726 - 1772
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 23
Benjamin Harrison V
POLITICIAN
1726 - 1791
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 24
George Wythe
JUDGE
1726 - 1806
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 25
Oliver Wolcott
POLITICIAN
1726 - 1797
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 26