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Leonard Wilcox
United States Senator from New Hampshire
In office March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Franklin Pierce
Succeeded by	Charles G. Atherton
Born	January 29, 1799 Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Died	June 18, 1850 Orford, New Hampshire, USA
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Judge

Leonard Wilcox (January 29, 1799 – June 18, 1850) was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. His father, Jeduthun Wilcox, was a United States Representative from New Hampshire from 1813 to 1816.

Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1817, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practiced in Orford. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1828 to 1834, was judge of the superior court from 1838 to 1840, and a bank commissioner from 1838 to 1842.

Wilcox was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Franklin Pierce. He was subsequently elected and served from March 1, 1842, to March 3, 1843. He resumed the practice of law, was judge of the Court of Common Pleas of New Hampshire in 1847-1848, was again appointed judge of the superior court in 1848, and served until his death in Orford in 1850; interment was in the West Congregational Churchyard.

References

• Leonard Wilcox at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Leonard Wilcox at Find A Grave

United States Senate
Preceded by Franklin Pierce	United States Senator (Class 3) from New Hampshire March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843 Served alongside: Levi Woodbury	Succeeded by Charles G. Atherton