Walter P. Acker
Full Name: Walter P. Acker, Sr.Date of birth: September 2, 1844
Date of death: February 16, 1933
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 19-3 | Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 | 41st | Democrat | Houston / Harris | Harris | |
| H | 19-3 | Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 | 40th | Democrat | Houston / Harris | Harris | |
| H | 19-3 | Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 | 39th | Democrat | Houston / Harris | Harris | |
| H | 76 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) | Democrat | Lampasas / Lampasas | Burnet, Lampasas |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 41st
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Houston / Harris
- Counties in district:
- Harris
- Legislatures:
- 40th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Houston / Harris
- Counties in district:
- Harris
- Legislatures:
- 39th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Houston / Harris
- Counties in district:
- Harris
- Legislatures:
- 18th (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Lampasas / Lampasas
- Counties in district:
- Burnet, Lampasas
Terms of service notes
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Biographical Information
- Resolution providing for visitation, 41st Legislature, 1/16/1929, p. 129. House Journal.
- 43rd Legislature, R.S., 2/17/1933, p. 479. Resolutions - Memorial.
- 43rd Legislature, R.S., Senate Simple Resolution 51, 2/17/1933, p. 278. Resolutions - Memorial.
- Biographical sketch, p. 266. Born in Alabama in 1845. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
- Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, 56th Alabama Mounted Infantry Regiment; Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, 10th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment; and Private, Company F, 16th Mississippi Infantry. "Died before 1910 [sic] (dropped middle name postwar) . . . Postwar lawyer, Paulding, Miss., 1868-75; Lampasas, Texas, 1875-93 . . . state legislator, 1884-?." Walter Peter Acker, U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865.
Walter Acker, Sr., birth date 9/2/1844, retired judge, counselor at law. Pension File No. 39400, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. - Confederate States Army, Private, Company F, 16th Mississippi Infantry. Military grave marker, Walter P. Acker. Walter P. Acker (1844-1933), burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas County. Includes portraits, historical marker photo, obituary. Find a Grave.
- Walter P. Acker, "Last Confederate veteran to serve in the Texas Legislature." Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Obituary, Judge Walter Acker, "Last Confederate Vet to Hold State Office Dies," 2/17/1933, p. 1, and "Judge Walter Acker," funeral services, 2/18/1933, p. 10. Austin American.
- Walter Acker, birth date 9/2/1844 in Monroe County, Mississippi; death date 2/16/1933 in Austin, Travis County; retired Confederate veteran. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- Obituary, "Captain Walter Acker to Be Buried Here Saturday," The Lampasas Daily Leader, 2/17/1933, p. 1, and "Funeral Services Held Saturday for Capt. Walter Acker," The Lampasas Daily Leader, 2/18/1933, p. 1, crediting Lampasas Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). February 17, 1933 February 18, 1933
- Historical marker, Walter P. Acker, Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas County. "In 1930 he was honored as the last confederate veteran to serve in the Texas Legislature." Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
- Memorial, October 1933, pp. 112-113. Texas Law Review Proceedings of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Texas Bar Association. Selected newspaper articles
- Photograph. Walter Acker, Sr., 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Walter Acker, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Walter Acker, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Walter Acker, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Walter Acker, Texas Jurists Collection
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
- 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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