Robert Washington Fyan

Robert Washington Fyan (born March 11, 1835 in Bedford Springs , Bedford County , Pennsylvania , †  July 28, 1896 in Marshfield , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1895 he represented the state of Missouri twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Fyan attended public schools in his homeland. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1858, he began to work in Marshfield in this profession. In 1859 he became a district attorney. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army between 1861 and 1865 . In 1865 and 1866, Fyan returned to work as a prosecutor. From 1866 to 1883 he was a judge in the 14th District of Missouri.

Politically, Fyan was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1875 he attended a meeting to revise the Missouri Constitution as a delegate. In the congressional elections of 1882 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Aylett Hawes Buckner on March 4, 1883 . Until March 3, 1885, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress . In 1890 he was re-elected to Congress, where he replaced William H. Wade on March 4, 1891 , who had succeeded him there in 1885. After being re-elected, he was able to spend two more legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1895.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Robert Fyan practiced law again. He died in Marshfield on July 28, 1896 and was buried in Lebanon .

Web links

• Robert Washington Fyan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Washington Fyan in the database of Find a Grave (English)