William H. Yale

William Hall Yale (November 12, 1831 – January 25, 1917) was a Minnesota lawyer and Republican politician who served as Senator and the sixth lieutenant governor of Minnesota. He was made regent of the University of Minnesota in 1894 by Governor Nelson, and was a member of the Episcopal Church.

Biography

Early life Yale was born on November 12, 1831, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Wooster Yale and Lucy Yale (née Hall), members of the Yale family. His father was the great-great-grandson of Capt. Theophilus Yale, and a descendant of Capt. Thomas Yale, uncle of Elihu Yale of Yale University.

After attending school in Wallingford, Connecticut, and at Suffield Academy he worked as a teacher in Norwalk, Connecticut, for 5 years. One of his school mates was Gen. Joseph Roswell Hawley, later United States Senator and Governor of Connecticut.

An active member of the Republican party, Yale was a delegate to 2 different national conventions: the 1876 Republican National Convention (which he was unable to attend due to illness) and the 1892 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. He also led the Minnesota Republican conventions in 1872, 1873 and 1880.

Death Yale died in 1917 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota.