About Joel M. Acker
Lived 1815 – 1892 (aged 76–77). Joel M. Acker was an American politician.
Joel Milton Acker (March 15, 1815 - December 5, 1892) was an American lawyer, planation owner, politician, and jurist. He represented Monroe County in the Mississippi State Senate in 1846 and from 1854 to 1856. He also represented the county in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1840 to 1844 and from 1865 to 1866.
Life and career Joel Milton Acker was born in Pendleton DIstrict, Anderson County, South Carolina, on March 15, 1815. He was the fifth-born son of the six sons and six daughters of Pennsylvania-born Peter Acker, who was of German descent, and Virginia-born Susanna Halbert Acker, who was of Welsh descent. He also was a plantation owner and owned large amounts of real estate in Monroe County. He was re-elected in 1841 and served in the 1842 and 1844 sessions.
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Who was Joel M. Acker?
former Mississippi politician
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Joel M. Acker was born in 1815.
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Joel M. Acker died in 1892.
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Joel M. Acker was a politician.
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Joel M. Acker was American.
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