Joseph Ackroyd

Joseph Ackroyd (November 23, 1847 in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York – March 15, 1915 in Utica, Oneida County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Early life and education

Ackroyd attended the common schools in New York Mills, and Whitestown Seminary and Business College.

After college, Ackroyd became a grocer.

In 1882, he became supervisor of the town of Whitestown, and a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co., 2nd D.) in 1884.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (36th D.) in 1907 and 1908.

He married Adelaide Hoag (1848–1936), and they had two children.

He died suddenly on March 15, 1915, at his home in Utica, "while reading a newspaper"; and was buried at the Glenside Cemetery in New York Mills.

Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 317 and 366)
Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1884)
Ex-State Senator Joseph Ackroyd in NYT on March 16, 1915

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Clarence E. Williams	New York State Assembly Oneida County, 2nd District 1884	Succeeded by Lewis B. Sherman
New York State Senate
Preceded by Horace White	New York State Senate 36th District 1907–1908	Succeeded by Frederick M. Davenport

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