Herbert Ulysses Gaillard Fielding (July 6, 1923 – August 10, 2015) was an American politician who became the first African-American elected as a Democrat to the South Carolina General Assembly.
Fielding served in the United States Army during World War II prior to attending and receiving his B.S.
See 1992 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina See 1992 United States House of Representatives elections See South Carolina's 6th congressional district Fielding was one of five men running to be the first Black person elected to Congress from South Carolina since George W. Murray during Reconstruction.
In the 1992 Democratic Primary for the 6th Congressional district were Fielding, John Roy Harper II, Jim Clyburn, State Senator Frank Gilbert, and Dr. Kenneth Mosely, an educator.
[5] Herbert Fielding papers at the College of Charleston's Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture