John C. "Jay" Ackerman (November 23, 1933 – July 23, 2007) was an American farmer and politician.
He served on the Morton Park Commission from 1967 to 1975. Ackerman also served on the
Tazewell County Board from 1972 to 1978. Ackerman served in the
Illinois House of Representatives
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from 1979 to 1983 and from 1987 to 1999. He was a
Republican. Ackerman served on the Governor's Board of Agriculture Advisers from 1984 to 1987. Ackerman died in an accident on his farm in Morton, Illinois; when cutting grass on a sloping surface near a small lake on his farm, he and his lawn mower toppled over and pinned him in the water.
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Early life and education
Born in Morton, Illinois
Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,117 at the 2020 census. The community holds a yearly Morton Pumpkin Festival for four days every September, and claims that "99 percent of the world's canne ...
, Ackerman served in the United States Army
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from 1956 to 1958. He studied agriculture at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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and was a farmer.
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1933 births
2007 deaths
People from Morton, Illinois
Military personnel from Illinois
University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences alumni
Farmers from Illinois
County board members in Illinois
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Accidental deaths in Illinois
United States Army soldiers
Farming accident deaths
20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
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