Roger Wolcott

Roger Wolcott
39th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January, 1897 – January 4, 1900
Lieutenant	Winthrop M. Crane (1897-1900)
Preceded by	Frederic T. Greenhalge
Succeeded by	Winthrop M. Crane
36th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office 1893 – 1897 Acting Governor, 1896-1897
Governor	William E. Russell (1893-1894) Frederic T. Greenhalge (1894-1896)
Preceded by	William H. Haile
Succeeded by	Winthrop M. Crane (1897)
Personal details
Born	July 13, 1847(1847-07-13) Boston, Massachusetts
Died	December 21, 1900(1900-12-21) (aged 53) Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic Republican

Roger Wolcott (July 13, 1847 – December 21, 1900) was the son of Joshua Huntington Wolcott and Cornelia (Frothingham) Wolcott, and was the brother of Huntington Frothingham Wolcott. He graduated from Harvard University in 1870, and from Harvard Law School in 1874. He was a Justice of the Peace from 1875–1900, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature (Massachusetts General Court) from 1881–1884, the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1893-1897. He assumed the gubernatorial duties as Acting Governor in 1896 as a result of the death of Frederic T. Greenhalge and was later elected as the 39th Governor in November, serving from 1897 until 1900.

He was also largely involved in business activities, including the Boston and Albany Railroad and the New England Trust Company, and in philanthropic organizations as a member of the Boston Provident Association, a trustee of the Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Massachusetts General Hospital. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and an overseer of Harvard College.

He married Edith Prescott (b.1853) in 1874, who was the great-granddaughter of Colonel William Prescott, who was the cousin of Roger Sherman's wife Rebecca Minot Prescott. (William Gardiner3, William Hickling2, William Prescott1). The trustees of Milton Academy named the largest of the campus houses after Gov. Wolcott following his death in 1900.

Lt. Huntington Frothingham Wolcott, formerly in collection of brother Roger Wolcott, by Boston painter William Morris Hunt

External links

• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography

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