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Wolcott was born in Garnder, [[Massachusetts ]] to Lillie Betsy Paine and William Bradford Wolcott. He graduated in 1915 from the [[Detroit]] College of Law, and practiced law until enlisting in the [[United States militaryArmed Forces]] when the U.S. became involved in [[World War I]]. Participating in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, he was discharged in late July 1919 and continued his practice law.

===Conservatism, civil rights===Largely a [[conservative]] who opposed much of the [[New Deal]] and Fair Dealprograms, Wolcott introduced in 1946 an amendment to limit [[price control]]s based on factors such as production and processing, and another amendment to end them on March 31, 1947.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 20, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/12/20/wartime-price-controls-economic-restrictions-in-a-state-of-emergency/ Wartime Price Controls: Economic Restrictions in a State of Emergency]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref> Both passed with the staunch support from the majority of Republicans.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/79-1946/h141 HR 6042. AMEND THE EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL ACT OF 1942, AS AMENDED, AND THE STABILIZATION ACT OF 1942, AS AMENDED. ON SPENCE AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/79-1946/h142 TO AMEND HR 6042.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref> Another amendment Yet another measure he introduced by him to terminate food subsidies on December 31 that year also passed.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/79-1946/h145 TO AMEND HR 6042.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref>

Wolcott voted for the [[anti-lynching bill]]s of 1937<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref> and 1940 (respectively the Gavagan-Wagner [[Gavagan–Wagner Act ]] and the Gavagan-[[Hamilton Fish, III|FishGavagan–Fish Act]] Act),<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/76-3/h96 TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref> in addition to an anti-[[poll tax]] measure in 1942.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/77-1942/h150 TO PASS H.R. 1024 WHICH DECLARES ILLEGAL THE REQUIREMENT OF A POLL TAX AS A PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING OR REGISTERING TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, OR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref>

The poorly conducted investigation of the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations during the 82nd Congress (known as the [[Cox Committee]]) under the lead of Georgia Democrat segregationist [[Edward E. Cox ]] promoted calls by committee member [[B. Carroll Reece]] for Congress to re-enact the committee.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> The House did so in late July 1953, and Wolcott joined the majority of Republicans in voting ''yea''.<ref name=rollcallvote>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 8, 2021.</ref>