Francis Wayland III (August 23, 1826 – January 9, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the and first

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and 54th lieutenant governor of Connecticut.

Early life and education

Wayland was born in Boston, the son of

Francis Wayland Francis Wayland (March 11, 1796 – September 30, 1865), was an American Baptist minister, educator and economist. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washingto ...

. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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in 1846 and studied law at

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Career

Wayland became probate judge in Connecticut in 1864 and was the 54th lieutenant governor of Connecticut in 1869–1870. In 1872, he became a professor in the Yale Law School, of which he was dean from 1873 to 1903.History of YLS
Yale Law School homepage (21 April 2010).

References

1826 births 1904 deaths Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut Phillips Academy alumni Connecticut state court judges Brown University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Yale Law School faculty Deans of Yale Law School American legal scholars 19th-century American judges {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub