Nathan H. Haller (July 8, 1845 – February 27, 1917) was a politician from Texas. Enslaved before the

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, he was elected member to the

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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. 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. 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. He died February 27, 1917, in Houston.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haller, Nathan H. 1845 births 1917 deaths Members of the Texas House of Representatives African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era Farmers from Texas American freedmen American blacksmiths 19th-century American artisans 20th-century African-American people

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