Wilcox, Leonard, 1799-1850

LC control no.	nr2002002856
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Wilcox, Leonard, 1799-1850 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Wilcox, L. (Leonard), 1799-1850
Birth date	1799-01-29
Death date	1850-06-18
Place of birth	Hanover (N.H.)
Place of death	Orford (N.H. : Town)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Legislators
Found in	From the N.H. patriot, 1828: p. 2 (L. Wilcox; member N.H. House of Rep.) Biog. dir. of the Amer. Congress, 1961 (Wilcox, Leonard; lawyer, judge, state representative, U.S. Senator; of Orford, N.H.; grad. Dartmouth 1817; b. Jan. 29, 1799; d. Jun. 18, 1850) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 29, 2021 (Wilcox, Leonard, (Son of Jeduthun Wilcox), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Hanover, N.H., January 29, 1799; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1817; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Orford, Grafton County, N.H.; member, State house of representatives 1828-1834; judge of the superior court 1838-1840; bank commissioner 1838-1842; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Franklin Pierce; subsequently elected and served from March 1, 1842, to March 3, 1843; resumed the practice of law; judge of the court of common pleas of New Hampshire 1847-1848; again appointed judge of the superior court in 1848, and served until his death in Orford, N.H., June 18, 1850; interment in the West Congregational Churchyard)
Associated language	eng