Harriel G. Geiger
Harriel G. Geiger | |
|---|---|
| Texas House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1879 – January 1881 | |
| In office April 1882 – January 1883 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1840 South Carolina |
| Died | 1886 (aged 45–46) |
Harriel "Hal" G. Geiger (ca. 1840 - 1886) was a legislator in Texas. He was elected as a Greenback Party candidate.[1] He served from January 1879 to January 1881. He lost his re-election campaign to E. C. Mobley but won the seat in a special election, after Geiger moved out of the district, and served from April 1882 until January 1883. He lost re-election in 1882 and was convicted of bribery.[1] He was murdered by a judge for being insolent.
Geiger was also a candidate for sheriff of Robertson County, Texas in 1884. He may have become a lawyer and was murdered, shot 5 times at point blank range, by White judge O. D. Cannon for making "insolent" remarks and not showing enough deference to his honor. Geiger survived for a while before eventually succumbing to his wounds. A trial was held and the jury cleared Cannon after a brief deliberation.[2][1] Judge Cannon was convicted of murdering another unarmed lawyer, one of his neighbors, in 1899.[3]
Geiger is described as having had one eye.[4]
See also[]
- African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
References[]
- ^ a b c "TSHA | Geiger, Harriel G." www.tshaonline.org.
- ^ https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2828&context=ethj
- ^ "Cannon v. The State, 41 Tex. Crim. 467 | Casetext Search + Citator".
- ^ Pitre, Merline (July 25, 2016). Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781623494834 – via Google Books.
- 1840s births
- 1886 deaths
- Members of the Texas House of Representatives
- Texas Greenbacks
- People from Robertson County, Texas
- Politicians convicted of bribery under 18 U.S.C. § 201