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Benjamin Frank Adair (1852 - March 28, 1902) was a lawyer who served in the Arkansas Legislature in 1891 representing Pulaski County.
He was included in a photo montage of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in ''
Benjamin Frank Adair (1852 - March 28, 1902) was a lawyer who served in the Arkansas Legislature in 1891 representing Pulaski County.
He was included in a photo montage of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in ''The Freeman
''The Freeman'' (formerly published as ''The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty'' or ''Ideas on Liberty'') was an American libertarian magazine, formerly published by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). It was founded in 1950 by John Chamberlai ...
'' newspaper in Indianapolis. He was a Democrat.
His father had the same name and was the owner of his mother. His father moved the family to Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, 31 miles southwest of Cleveland. Oberlin is the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music conservatory with approximately 3,000 students.
The town is the birthplace of t ...
, when Arkansas outlawed free people of color ( Arkansas's Free Negro Expulsion Act of 1859). The father freed his family.
Adair died March 28, 1902, from a suspected heart failure after suffering from heart issues.
See also
*African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) after passage of the Reconstruction Acts in 1867 and 1868 as well as in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adair, Benjamin Frank 1852 births 1902 deaths Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives People from Pulaski County, Arkansas African-American state legislators in Arkansas 20th-century African-American people