# Isaac Acker

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{{Short description|American politician (1821–1906)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
 | name               = Isaac Acker
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 | state_house        = Pennsylvania
 | district           = [Chester County](/source/Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania)
 | term_start         = 1858
 | term_end           = 1860
 | predecessor        = [John Hodgson](/source/John_Hodgson_(Pennsylvania_politician)), [Eber W. Sharpe](/source/Eber_W._Sharpe), [Morton Garrett](/source/Morton_Garrett)
 | successor          = [Persifor Frazer Smith](/source/Persifor_Frazer_Smith_(politician)), [William Windle](/source/William_Windle), [Robert L. McClellan](/source/Robert_L._McClellan)
 | alongside          = [William T. Shafer](/source/William_T._Shafer) and [Caleb Pierce](/source/Caleb_Pierce)
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 | birth_date         = {{birth date|1821|5|14}}
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 | death_date         = {{death date and age|1906|7|14|1821|5|14}}
 | death_place        = [Wilmington, Delaware](/source/Wilmington%2C_Delaware), U.S.
 | resting_place      = Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery<br />[Malvern, Pennsylvania](/source/Malvern%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
 | party              = [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States))<br />[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
 | spouse             = 
 | children           = 
 | relations          = [John Acker](/source/John_Acker_(Pennsylvania_politician)) (cousin)
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 | occupation         = {{hlist|Politician|merchant|farmer}}
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'''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](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives), representing [Chester County](/source/Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania) 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](/source/Archive.org) |access-date=2023-12-01}}{{Open access}}</ref>

==Career==
A merchant and farmer,<ref name="pa"/> Acker was a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) and [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)).<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](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer) |page=3 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/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](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives), representing [Chester County](/source/Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania) 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](/source/Archive.org) |access-date=2023-12-01}}{{Open access}}</ref> He was postmaster of Warren Tavern (later [Malvern](/source/Malvern%2C_Pennsylvania)). and later served as postmaster of [Atglen](/source/Atglen%2C_Pennsylvania) 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](/source/John_Acker_(Pennsylvania_politician)) served in the Pennsylvania House.<ref name="gen"/>

Acker died on July 14, 1906, in [Wilmington, Delaware](/source/Wilmington%2C_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](/source/Newspapers.com) |access-date=2023-12-01}}{{Open access}}</ref>

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Category:1821 births
Category:1906 deaths
Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:Farmers from Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania postmasters
Category:19th-century American farmers
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

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