Role Critic Name Alexander Wolcott | Children 2 daughters2 sons Siblings William W. Woollcott | |
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Spouse(s) Frances Burbank (1785–1800)Lucy Waldo (1807–1828) Died January 23, 1943, New York City, New York, United States Movies Babes on Broadway, The Scoundrel, Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin, Bobbed Hair Books While Rome Burns, Shouts and Murmurs, The letters of Alexande, The portable Woollcott, Two Gentlemen and a Lady Similar People George S Kaufman, Monty Woolley, Moss Hart, Charles MacArthur, Walter Duranty | ||
Political party Democratic-Republican |
Alexander Wolcott (1758–1828) was a United States customs inspector and a nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. A leader of the Democratic-Republican Party in Connecticut, he was defeated by the largest percentage of any Supreme Court nominee in American history: 9–24. Nominated by President James Madison to the late William Cushing's seat in February 1811, he was unpopular because, while a United States customs inspector, he had robustly enforced the Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts. He was also faulted as lacking legal and judicial experience.
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