Woolsey, Theodore Dwight (10/31/1801-07/01/1889)

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Summary

  • Number of Terms: 2
  • Occupation: College administrator, president of Yale College

Subject

  • Woolsey, Theodore Dwight 1801-1889
  • Board of Regents
  • Citizen Regent

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent images can be seen at

Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Yale University Art Gallery; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Citizen

State

Connecticut

Short Legal Citation

  • 12 Stat, 617 (1862), J. Res. No. 24
  • 15 Stat. 246 (1868), Res. No. 5

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 04/02/1862-01/1873

Topic

  • College presidents
  • Educators
  • Regents
  • Connecticut

Place

Connecticut

Form/Genre

Biographies

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