page_title: Gary Ackerman
section_title: U.S. House of Representatives
hierarchical_section_title: Gary Ackerman / U.S. House of Representatives
caption_attribution_description: English: Congressman Gary Ackerman speaking with President Barack Obama on the floor of the House after the President's first address to a joint session of Congress.
context_page_description: Gary Leonard Ackerman is a retired American politician and former U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he would retire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013 after fifteen terms, and would not seek re-election in November 2012.
caption: Ackerman with President Barack Obama in 2009
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