F. H. Fyall

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.

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

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, pp. 85–97.