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 two times the state of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Fyan attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree in 1858 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Marshfield to work in this profession. In 1859 he was district attorney. During the Civil War he served 1861-1865 in the army of the Union. In the years 1865 and 1866 Fyan again worked as a prosecutor. Between 1866 and 1883 he was a judge in the 14th Judicial District of Missouri.

Politically Fyan member of the Democratic Party. In 1875 he participated in a meeting to revise the constitution of Missouri as a delegate. In the congressional elections of 1882 he was in the 13th electoral district of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Aylett Hawes Buckner on March 4, 1883. Until March 3, 1885, he was initially able to complete only one term in Congress. In 1890 he was again elected to Congress, where he replaced William H. Wade on March 4, 1891, the 1885 had there succeeded him. After a re-election, he could spend up to 3 March 1895, two other legislative periods in Congress.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Robert Fyan practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 28 July 1896 in Marshfield and was buried in Lebanon.