Daniel Jacobus Erasmus

Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (nickname 'van Straten'/'van Straat', Somerset East, Cape Colony, 1830 - Bethal District, Transvaal, 1913) was a South African Boer commander and politician. He was a member of the Transvaal Volksraad and served as the acting president of Transvaal between 1871 and 1872. His plan to unite the South African Republic and the Orange Free State failed. In the Second Boer War (1899 - 1902) he was one of the commanders in charge of the defense of Pretoria.