Isaac Acker

{{Short description|American politician (1821–1906)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Isaac Acker | image = | alt = | caption = | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = Chester County | term_start = 1858 | term_end = 1860 | predecessor = John Hodgson, Eber W. Sharpe, Morton Garrett | successor = Persifor Frazer Smith, William Windle, Robert L. McClellan | alongside = William T. Shafer and Caleb Pierce | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1821|5|14}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1906|7|14|1821|5|14}} | death_place = Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. | resting_place = Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery<br />Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S. | party = Whig<br />Republican | spouse = | children = | relations = John Acker (cousin) | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|merchant|farmer}} | signature = }}

'''Isaac Acker''' (May 14, 1821 – July 14, 1906) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1858 to 1860.

==Early life== Isaac Acker was born on May 14, 1821,<ref name="pa">{{cite web |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=7982 |title=Isaac Acker |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref> to Peter Acker.<ref name="gen">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924005813518/page/n637/mode/2up |title=History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches |last1=Futhey |first1=J. Smith |last2=Cope |first2=Gilbert |year=1881 |publisher=Louis H. Everts |page=461 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-01}}{{Open access}}</ref>

==Career== A merchant and farmer,<ref name="pa"/> Acker was a Whig and Republican.<ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-isaac-acker-de/136121113/ |title=Isaac Acker Dead |date=1907-07-17 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-01}}{{Open access}}</ref> He was elected as a Republican and served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1858 to 1860.<ref name="pa"/><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=441 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-01}}{{Open access}}</ref> He was postmaster of Warren Tavern (later Malvern). and later served as postmaster of Atglen from 1889 to 1893.<ref name="pa"/><ref name="obit"/> Acker was a member of the board of directors of Norristown Insane Asylum.<ref name="pa"/>

==Personal life== Acker's cousin John Acker served in the Pennsylvania House.<ref name="gen"/>

Acker died on July 14, 1906, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was interred at Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Malvern.<ref name="pa"/><ref name="obit"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-acker-18-jul-1906-the/136121356/ |title=Acker |date=1906-07-18 |newspaper=The Morning News |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-01}}{{Open access}}</ref>

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