Reinhard Hillebrand


Reinhard Hillebrand was an American politician that served in the Texas Senate for District 26. He was a Radical Republican.

Personal life

Reinhard Hillebrand was born on March 10, 1810 in Germany. According to the 1880 United States Census Hillebrand was a widowed farmer who lived in Fayette County, Texas. He died on September 13, 1887.

Political career

Hillebrand had experience as a county judge in 1869 prier to being elected to the Texas Senate, and he had been imprisoned during the American Civil War by the Confederates. His predecessor E.L. Alford had been banished from the Texas Senate and the Republican Party. Hillebrand won his seat in a special election to represent Texas Senate, District 26, he was a Radical Republican.