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Hal B. Burton was an American state legislator in Arkansas. He represented Jefferson County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1887. He was a Republican and served one term.

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, 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. On a 2024 episode of the PBS program, Finding Your Roots, featuring LeVar Burton, it was noted that Hal Burton was described in one contemporary newspaper account as a "gay lothario" and accused of being a womanizer.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. State, Arkansas Office of the Secretary of (May 1, 1893). "Report" – via Google Books.
2. Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas. Southern Historical Press. May 1, 1889. ISBN 9780893080792 – via Google Books.
3. ^ 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.
4. "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
5. ^ "Fathers and Sons". Finding Your Roots. Season 10. Episode 3. January 16, 2024. PBS. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

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