Francis Wayland III

Francis Wayland III
1st Dean of Yale Law School
In office
1873–1903
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byHenry Wade Rogers
54th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 5, 1869 – May 4, 1870
GovernorMarshall Jewell
Preceded byEphraim H. Hyde
Succeeded byJulius Hotchkiss
Personal details
BornAugust 23, 1826
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 9, 1904 (aged 78)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ParentFrancis Wayland (father)
EducationBrown University (AB)
Harvard Law School

Francis Wayland III (August 23, 1826 – January 9, 1904)[1] was an American lawyer and politician who served as the first dean of Yale Law School and 54th lieutenant governor of Connecticut.

  1. ^ "Death of Yale Scholar". San Francisco Call. Vol. 95, no. 41. 10 January 1904. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.