# Henry Acker

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{{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](/source/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Michigan_House_of_Representatives)
| term_start3   = January 8, 1840
| term_end3     = 1841
| predecessor3  = [Kinsley S. Bingham](/source/Kinsley_S._Bingham)
| successor3    = [Philo C. Fuller](/source/Philo_C._Fuller)
| state_house4  = Michigan
| district4     = [Jackson County](/source/Jackson_County%2C_Michigan)
| 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Minnesota_Legislature) |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>
| death_place   = [Saint Paul](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota), [Ramsey County, Minnesota](/source/Ramsey_County%2C_Minnesota)
| spouse        = Amanda
| children      = 4
| profession    = 
| website       = 
| party         = [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) (1838-1841)<ref name="milegislator_acker"/><br />[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) (1859-1862)<ref name="mnlegislator_acker"/>
| alma_mater    = 
| constituency  = [1st district](/source/Minnesota's_1st_House_district)
| constituency2 = 2nd district
| office        = Member of the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/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](/source/Michigan_House_of_Representatives) and then as a member of the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives).

== Early life ==
Acker was born on June 6, 1804,<ref name="grave_acker"/> likely in [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).<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](/source/List_of_Speakers_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](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) to a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)).<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](/source/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](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota), [Ramsey County, Minnesota](/source/Ramsey_County%2C_Minnesota) claims he died on the same day in 1874.<ref name="grave_acker"/>

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Category:1804 births
Category:1870s deaths
Category:Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Category:Michigan Whigs
Category:Minnesota Republicans
Category:19th-century members of the Michigan Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature

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