| Arthur St. Clair Colyar | |
| Birth Date: | June 23, 1818 |
| Birth Place: | Washington County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Parents: | Alexander Colyar |
Arthur St. Clair Colyar (June 23, 1818 - December 13, 1907) was an American lawyer, Confederate politician, and newspaper editor.
Colyar was born on June 23, 1818, in Washington County, Tennessee.[1] His father was Alexander Colyar.[2] He moved to Franklin County, Tennessee, with his parents when he was 12.[2]
Colyar studied the law with Micah Taul.[2]
Colyar was admitted to the bar in 1846.[2] He practised the law in Winchester, Tennessee, until 1861.[2] During the American Civil War, Colyar represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.[1]
After the war, Colyar resumed his legal practise in Winchester, but he moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1867.[2] He was a creditor and later president of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, which used mainly African-American leased convict labor to produce steel.[2] [3] He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 1870s,[2] and unsuccessfully ran for Governor three times.[4]
Colyar became the editor of the Nashville American (later known as The Tennessean) in 1880.[2] He subsequently served as the editor of The News, another newspaper based in Nashville, until he became the owner and editor of the American newspaper.[2]
Colyar was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[2] He died on December 13, 1907, in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] He was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery.[1]
His niece was editor Viola Roseboro'.[5]