Walter P. Acker

Full Name: Walter P. Acker, Sr.
Date of birth: September 2, 1844
Date of death: February 16, 1933

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

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House District 19-3
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District 19-3
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District 19-3
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District 76
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lampasas / Lampasas
Counties in district: Burnet, Lampasas

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

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 Sketches

Biographical sketch, p. 266. Born in Alabama in 1845. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

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.

Other Resources

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, 1890-1976.
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.

Photographs

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

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929 Conservation and Reclamation Federal Relations Insurance Judiciary
40th R.S. - 1927 Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Judiciary State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions
39th R.S. - 1925 Constitutional Amendments Federal Relations Painting Ownership, Investigate (Chair) Rules (Vice Chair)
18th R.S. - 1883 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine Fence Cutting Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Privileges and Elections

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