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name: Oliver Wolcott
url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wolcott'
gender: Male
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Oliver Wolcott Sr. /ˈwʊlkət/ 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.