Aćim Čumić studied and completed his law degree at the universities in Heidelberg and Paris.

[1] He participated in the work of the Constitutional Committee of 1868 and was noted for his eloquence and for suggesting that the government was to be placed under the control of the State Council, and not the Assembly.

[2] In 1871, he became president of the Belgrade municipality but was soon overthrown by the Liberal deputy, headed by Jovan Ristić.

[4] As the government did not enjoy the confidence of the National Assembly, Čumić was replaced after another three months, on 22 January 1875.

[citation needed] He was arrested by the Liberal government in 1878 for alleged involvement in the Topola Mutiny[4] and was sentenced to death together with Jevrem Marković and Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac.