Nathan H. Haller | |
Office: | Texas House of Representatives |
Term Start: | January 1893 |
Term End: | January 1897 |
Predecessor: | R. C. Duff |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1845 |
Death Place: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Spouse: | Paralee Jordan |
Children: | 2 |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Matagorda, Texas |
Nathan H. Haller (July 8, 1845 - February 27, 1917) was a politician from Texas. Enslaved before the American Civil War, he was elected member to the Texas House of Representatives in 1892 and re-elected to a second term. He was one of 52 African Americans to serve the Texas Legislature during the 19th century.[1]
He served two terms from 1893 until 1897, the second after winning a court fight over the election. He was one of the last two African Americans (Robert Lloyd Smith was the other) to hold state office in Texas before 1966.[2] [3]
He had worked as a free farmer, a blacksmith and also a wagon driver.
He married Paralee Jordan of Huntsville and two sons, Stonewall Jackson Haller and James Haller.[4]
He died February 27, 1917, in Houston.[5]