{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Acker | image = | district = | term_start = January 8, 1861 | term_end = January 6, 1862 | district2 = | term_start2 = December 7, 1859 | term_end2 = January 7, 1861 | office3 = Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives | term_start3 = January 8, 1840 | term_end3 = 1841 | predecessor3 = Kinsley S. Bingham | successor3 = Philo C. Fuller | state_house4 = Michigan | district4 = Jackson County | term_start4 = January 1, 1839 | term_end4 = 1841 | birth_date = June 6, 1804<ref name="grave_acker">{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159795700/henry-acker |title=Henry Acker Memorial |publisher=Find a Grave |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = August 31, 1874<ref name="grave_acker"/> or 1875<ref name="milegislator_acker">{{cite web |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/2935 |title=Legislator Details - Henry Acker |publisher=Library of Michigan |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref name="mnlegislator_acker">{{cite web |url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10838 |title=Acker, Henry |publisher=Minnesota Legislature |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> | death_place = Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota | spouse = Amanda | children = 4 | profession = | website = | party = Whig (1838-1841)<ref name="milegislator_acker"/><br />Republican (1859-1862)<ref name="mnlegislator_acker"/> | alma_mater = | constituency = 1st district | constituency2 = 2nd district | office = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives | successor2 = }}
'''Henry Acker''' (June 6, 1804{{snds}}August 31, 1874 or 1875) was an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and then as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
== Early life == Acker was born on June 6, 1804,<ref name="grave_acker"/> likely in New York.<ref name="milegislator_acker"/><ref name="mnlegislator_acker"/>
== Political career == Acker served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives, first being elected on November 5, 1838. He was then sworn in on January 7, 1839. When he was re-elected in 1840, he also served as Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives.<ref name="milegislator_acker"/> In 1857, Acker moved to Minnesota, where he would serve two terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives.<ref name="milegislator_acker"/><ref name="mnlegislator_acker"/> Sometime between being elected the Michigan and Minnesota legislature, Acker switched from being a Whig to a Republican.<ref name="milegislator_acker"/><ref name="mnlegislator_acker"/>
== Personal life == Acker married a woman named Amanda, and together they had four children, one of them being Captain William H. Acker, who was killed in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.<ref name="grave_acker"/><ref name="milegislator_acker"/><ref name="mnlegislator_acker"/>
== Death == Acker's death date is disputed.<ref name="milegislator_acker"/> Some sources claim he died on August 31, 1875, but his grave at Oakland Cemetery in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota claims he died on the same day in 1874.<ref name="grave_acker"/>
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