Theron Akin (May 23, 1855 – March 26, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Johnstown, New York, Akin attended the common schools of Amsterdam, New York, and also was privately tutored at home. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was graduated from the New York Dental College and practiced for twelve years in Amsterdam, New York. He moved to Akin (later Fort Johnson), New York, and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Montgomery County. The village of Akin changed its name because of residents' disapproval of Theron Akin. He served as president of the village of Fort Johnson, New York.
Akin was elected as a Progressive Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1910-March 3, 1912). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination on the Progressive ticket in 1912. He resumed agricultural pursuits. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Sixty-fourth Congress on the Progressive ticket in 1914. He served as mayor of Amsterdam, New York from 1920 to 1924. He resumed his former pursuits. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican and Democratic mayoralty nomination in 1927. He died in Amsterdam, New York, March 26, 1933. He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery, Tribes Hill, New York.
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