Alexander Wolcott


Alexander Wolcott was a United States customs inspector and a nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. A leader of the DemocraticRepublican Party in Connecticut, he holds the dubious distinction of being defeated by the widest margin of any Supreme Court nominee in American history 924. Nominated by President James Madison to the late William Cushings seat in February 1811, he was unpopular because, while a United States customs inspector, he had robustly enforced the Embargo and NonIntercourse Acts. He was also faulted as lacking legal and judicial experience.

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