Robert Washington Fyan | |
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.jpg) St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, November 6, 1890 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's13th district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Aylett H. Buckner |
| Succeeded by | William H. Wade |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Wade |
| Succeeded by | John H. Raney |
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| Born | (1835-03-11)March 11, 1835 |
| Died | July 28, 1896(1896-07-28) (aged 61) Marshfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lebanon Cemetery,Lebanon, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Robert Washington Fyan (March 11, 1835 – July 28, 1896) was aU.S. Representative and soldier fromMissouri.
Born inBedford Springs, Pennsylvania, Fyan attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858; commencing practice inMarshfield, Missouri.He became the County attorney in 1859. In June 1861 he entered theUnion Army to fight in theAmerican Civil War. He served in Colonel Hampton's regiment, the Webster County Home Guards, the24th Missouri Infantry and the 46th Missouri Infantry regiments.After the war in 1865 and 1866 he served as Circuit attorney and afterwards as Circuit judge of the 14th judicial circuit of Missouri from April 1866 to January 1883.
In 1870 he lived in Lebanon, Missouri.[1] He served as a member of the State constitutional convention in 1875. Fyan moved to Webster County, Missouri before 1880.[1] Robert Fyan was married to Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ P. Hyer of Dent County, Missouri who died in the cyclone/tornado that struck Marshfield, Missouri onApril 18, 1880.[1]
Robert Fyan was the Judge in Laclede County, Missouri who presided over the first legal hanging in Laclede County. The case was the 'State of Missouri' vs. Joseph Core. The trial started August 4, 1879. Robert Fyan sentenced Joseph Core as follows: 'he was to be taken to the place of execution and there be hanged by the neck until he be dead.'Joseph Core was convicted for murdering George E. King.[1]
Fyan was elected as aDemocrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). He subsequently was elected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895) and afterwards resumed the practice of law. He died inMarshfield, Missouri, on July 28, 1896, and was interred in Lebanon Cemetery,Lebanon, Missouri.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 13th congressional district 1883-1885 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 13th congressional district 1891-1895 | Succeeded by |
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