F. H. Fyall Explained

State House:	Georgia
District:	Macon County
Term Start:	1868
Term End:	? Original 33
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

• "Negroes in the Georgia Legislature: The Case of F. H. Fyall of Macon County" Georgia Historical Quarterly 44 March 1960, pages 85–97.

Notes and References

1. Negroes in the Georgia Legislature: The Case of F. H. Fyall of Macon County. Wight, Willard E.. 1960. The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 44. 1. 85–97. 40578005. JSTOR.
2. Web site: Journal .... Georgia General Assembly House of. Representatives. August 23, 1868. Google Books.