Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Nathan H. Haller

Full Name: Nathan H. Haller
Birth date: July 8, 1845
Death date: February 27, 1917

Terms of Service

House, 24th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
2/14/1895 - 1/12/1897
Republican
House, 23rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Republican

(1) Brazoria. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Matagorda County. House Journal .
(3) Oath of office, 2/14/1895, p. 292. House Journal .
(4) N.H. Haller, sworn 2/14/1895, unseated R.C. Duff in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Matagorda, Matagorda County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Republican. "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7) Roster lists E.C. Duff, House District 40, and notes seat will be contested by N.H. Haller, Republican. "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(8) Matagorda County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(9) Brazoria County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(10) Republican. Brazoria [in Brazoria county]. Texas Legislative Manual .
(11) Brazoria County, p. 66. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
81st Legislature, R.S., HCR 81, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
78th Legislature, R.S., HR 295. Born 7/8/1840. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Nathan H. (N.H.) Haller, State Preservation Board
Photograph. N.H. Haller, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. N.H. Haller, State Preservation Board
Photograph. N.H. Haller, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

"The Roots of Texas' Black Lawmakers," 3/18/1996. Describes lack of available information on Texas' first African American legislators. Austin American-Statesman .
Portrait and biographical sketch. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
Mentioned pp. 147-154. From Slave to Statesman 1993.
"The Haller-Duff Election Contest Decided. Haller Gets a Seat," 2/14/1895, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
HALLER, NATHAN H. (1845-?). Birth date 7/8/1845. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
Biographical sketch; birth date 7/8/1845. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: A History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement 1935.
HB 469, 23rd Legislature, Regular Session by Representative Nathan Haller, An Act to establish, put in operation, and maintain a Branch University for the Colored Youth of Texas, read first time 2/8/1893. Texas State Library and Archives Commission .
Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," p. 110. The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900 1971.
Biographical sketch, p. 66. Birth year 1845, death year 1910, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.