Benjamin Frank Adair

Benjamin Frank Adair was a lawyer who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1891 representing Pulaski County.

Biography

Adair'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. The father freed his family. He was included in a photo montage of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in The Freeman newspaper in Indianapolis. He was a Democrat. Adair died March 28, 1902, from a suspected heart failure after suffering from heart issues.