Ernest Robinson Ackerman (June 17, 1863 - October 18, 1931) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1919-1931. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. New Jersey 's Fifth Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Scott Garrett. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.
He was born in New York City and moved with his parents to Plainfield, New Jersey very shortly thereafter. The City of New York Plainfield is a City in Union County, New Jersey, United States. He was educated at public and private schools and graduated from Plainfield High School in 1880. Plainfield High School is a comprehensive community four-year Public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Plainfield, in Union Employed in cement manufacturing, Ackerman was a member of the Plainfield common council in 1891 and 1892.
Ackerman was as a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1905 to 1911, serving as president in 1911. The New Jersey Senate is the Upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions at Chicago in 1908 and in 1916 and a member of the board of trustees of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1916-1920. The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. The 1908 Republican National Convention, the fourteenth presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, was held in The 1916 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago Illinois, from June 7 to June 10, 1916. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City" or "Hub City" is a city and the County seat of Middlesex County He was a Federal food administrator for Union County, New Jersey during the First World War and a member of the New Jersey Board of Education 1918-1920. Union County is a County located in the US state of New Jersey. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
Ackerman was a member of the New Jersey Geological Survey and associate of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until his death in Plainfield, New Jersey on October 18, 1931. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was buried in the family plot in Hillside Cemetery.
| Preceded by William F. Birch |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district March 4, 1919-October 18, 1931 |
Succeeded by Percy Hamilton Stewart |