Milo M. Acker (October 3, 1853 – August 11, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician from

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He was born on October 3, 1853, in Hartsville,

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, the son of Hugh J. Acker and Huldah (Call) Acker. He attended the public schools and

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. He worked as a farmhand and a

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, and later became a farmer. He was Supervisor of the Town of Hartsville in 1879 and 1880. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1883, and practiced law in Hornellsville. He was Police Justice of Hornellsville in 1885 and Recorder of Hornellsville in 1886. Acker was a member of the

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(Steuben Co., 2nd D.) in

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and

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; and was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in 1890. On October 9, 1890, he married Mary Wilder Clarke (1857–1937). He was Minority Leader of the Assembly in 1891. He was a delegate to the

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of 1894. He was a member of the New York State Water Supply Commission from 1905 to 1911. He was a delegate to the

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. He died on August 11, 1922, in Highland Hospital in

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; and was buried at the Rural Cemetery in

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.Cemetery transcriptions
from Hornell Rural Cemetery, at Painted Hills

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Acker, Milo M. 1853 births 1922 deaths People from Hornell, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Town supervisors in New York (state) Alfred University alumni