List of United States Political Families (W) - The Wolcotts and Griswolds

The Wolcotts and Griswolds

• Roger Wolcott 1679-1767, Governor of Connecticut Colony 1750-1754.
  • Oliver Wolcott 1726-1797, Judge in Connecticut 1774-1786, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut 1774-1778 1780-1784, Deputy Governor of Connecticut 1786-1796, Governor of Connecticut 1796-1797. Son of Roger Wolcott.
  • William Pitkin 1694-1769, Governor of Connecticut 1766-1769. First cousin once removed of Roger Wolcott.
  • Matthew Griswold 1714-1799, Deputy Governor of Connecticut 1769-1784, Governor of Connecticut 1784-1786. Son-in-law of Roger Wolcott.
    • Oliver Wolcott, Jr. 1760-1833, Connecticut Comptroller 1788-1790, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1795-1800, Governor of Connecticut 1817-1827, delegate to the Connecticut Constitutional Convention 1818. Son of Oliver Wolcott, Sr.
    • Roger Griswold 1762-1812, U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1795-1805, Judge in Connecticut 1807-1809, Deputy Governor of Connecticut 1809-1811, Governor of Connecticut 1811-1812. Son of Matthew Griswold.
    • Oliver Ellsworth 1745-1807, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut 1777-1884, Judge in Connecticut 1785-1789, U.S. Senator from Connecticut 1789-1796, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1796-1800. Grandnephew by marriage of Roger Wolcott.
      • William W. Ellsworth 1791-1868, U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1829-1834, Connecticut State Senator 1836, Governor of Connecticut 1838-1842, Judge in Connecticut 1847-1861. Son of Oliver Ellsworth.
        • Matthew Griswold (1833–1919), member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1891-1893 1895-1897. Grandson of Roger Griswold.