F. H. Fyall
F. H. Fyall | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the Macon County district | |
| In office 1868 – ? Original 33 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
F. H. Fyall was a state Representative in the U.S. state of Georgia during the Reconstruction era. He was one of the Original 33 African Americans elected as legislators in Georgia.
He was owned as a slave earlier in his life. His eligibility to hold elected office in Georgia and that of three other elected representatives debated by the legislature when it kicked out 25 African-Americans deemed ineligible to serve.[1] He represented Macon.[2]
Before the American Civil War he was owned by Osborne Augustus Lochrane.
Further reading
[edit]- "Negroes in the Georgia Legislature: The Case of F. H. Fyall of Macon County" Georgia Historical Quarterly 44 March 1960, pages 85–97.
References
[edit]- ^ Wight, Willard E. (1960). "Negroes in the Georgia Legislature: The Case of F. H. Fyall of Macon County". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 44 (1): 85–97. JSTOR 40578005 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Representatives, Georgia General Assembly House of (August 23, 1868). "Journal ..." – via Google Books.
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