F. H. Fyall | |
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| Member of the GeorgiaHouseofRepresentatives 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.