Benjamin Frank Adair (1852 - March 28, 1902) was a lawyer who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1891 representing Pulaski County.[1][2]
Biography
editAdair's father had the same name and was the owner of his mother. His father moved the family to Oberlin, Ohio, when Arkansas outlawed free people of color (Arkansas's Free Negro Expulsion Act of 1859). The father freed his family.[1] He was included in a photo montage of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in The Freeman newspaper in Indianapolis.[3] He was a Democrat.[4] Adair died March 28, 1902, from a suspected heart failure after suffering from heart issues.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
- ^ "Roster of the General Assembly of Arkansas 1891". Arkansas Democrat. 4 December 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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- ^ Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR 40038091 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Death in a Chair - R. F. Adair". Pine Bluff Daily Graphic. March 30, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 15 December 2020.