Roger Wolcott (July 13, 1847 December 21, 1900) was the son of Joshua Huntington Wolcott and Cornelia (Frothingham) Wolcott, and was the brother of Huntington Frothingham Wolcott. He graduated from Harvard University in 1870, and from Harvard Law School in 1874. He was a Justice of the Peace from 1875-1900, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature (Massachusetts General Court) from 1881-1884, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1893-1897. He assumed the gubernatorial duties as Acting Governor in 1896 as a result of the death of Frederic T. Greenhalge and was later elected as the 39th Governor in November, serving from 1897 until 1900.