Hal B. Burton was an American state legislator in Arkansas. He represented Jefferson County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1887.[1][2][3] He was a Republican and served one term.[4]
In 1880 he was a farmer, and in the 1890s a merchant and saloon manager. In 1908, he was listed as a porter, in the city directory of Pine Bluff, Arkansas,[3] and may have died there between 1910 and 1920. His third wife was documented as a sower.
He was the great-great grandfather of actor LeVar Burton.[5] On a 2024 episode of the PBS program, Finding Your Roots, featuring LaVar Burton, it was noted that Hal Burton was described in one contemporary newspaper account as a "gay lothario" and accused of being a womanizer.[5]
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- ^ State, Arkansas Office of the Secretary of (May 1, 1893). "Report" – via Google Books.
- ^ Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas. Southern Historical Press. May 1, 1889. ISBN 9780893080792 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Wintory, Blake J. (2006). "African-American Legislators in the Arkansas General Assembly, 1868-1893". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 65 (4): 385–434. doi:10.2307/40028092. ISSN 0004-1823. JSTOR 40028092 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ a b "Fathers and Sons". Finding Your Roots. Season 10. Episode 3. January 16, 2024. PBS. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
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