Ernest Robinson Ackerman was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jerseys 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1931.
Ackerman was born in New York City on June 17, 1863 and moved with his parents to Plainfield, New Jersey very shortly thereafter. He was educated at public and private schools and graduated from Plainfield High School in 1880. Employed in cement manufacturing, Ackerman was a member of the Plainfield common council in 1891 and 1892.
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