William H. Yale
William Hall Yale | |
|---|---|
Minnesota State Senate from the 11th district | |
| In office January 8, 1867 – January 6, 1868 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 12, 1831 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Died | January 25, 1917 (aged 85) Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah E. Banks (1851), Mary L. Hoyt (1872) |
| Profession | lawyer |
William Hall Yale (November 12, 1831 – January 25, 1917) was a
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.[1] 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.[1] He was an extensive shoe manufacturer, and later Sheriff's deputy of New Haven County, and lived on the ancestral estate of Capt. Thomas Yale who settled in that place in 1670.[2][3]
After attending school in
Career
Yale settled in
He was quickly elected to local office in Winona as city justice, probate judge, and prosecutor. In 1867 he was elected to the
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.[3]
In 1894 Governor Knute Nelson named Yale as a regent of the University of Minnesota. After he was once again elected to the Minnesota State Senate in 1895 the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled he could not serve as a regent until his term expired. In 1899 he was elected to his final term as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.[3][4]
In his legal career Yale worked with many other legal and political figures in the state including
Personal life
Yale was a member of the Episcopal Church.[3] In 1851 he married Sarah E. Banks of Norwalk, Connecticut. They had one son (Charles B. Yale). Sarah died in 1871. In 1872 he remarried to Mary Louisa Hoyt. They had one son (William Hoyt Yale).[3]
Charles was general claim agent of the Great Northern Railway, owned by Canadians Lord Stephen and Lord Smith, and American John Kennedy.[3] His son William was a member and stockholder of the American Philatelic Society, with members including President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Secretary Harold L. Ickes.[5]
Death
Yale died in 1917 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota.
References
- ^ a b Rodney Horace Yale (1908). "Yale genealogy and history of Wales. The British kings and princes. Life of Owen Glyndwr. Biographies of Governor Elihu Yale". Archive.org. Milburn and Scott company. pp. 217–327–328.
- ^ Rodney Horace Yale (1908). "Yale genealogy and history of Wales. The British kings and princes. Life of Owen Glyndwr. Biographies of Governor Elihu Yale". Archive.org. Milburn and Scott company. p. 217.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Shutter, Marion D. (1897). Progressive Men of Minnesota. Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Journal. pp. 402–403.
- ^ a b "Yale, William Hall — Legislator Record". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
- ^ The American Philatelist, Volume XIX, Annual Number, 1905
