Jacob Collamer
Born: January 8, 1791
Birthplace: Troy, New York
Father: Samuel Collamer 1764 – 1832
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont)
Mother: Elizabeth Van Arman 1766 – 1850
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont)
Wife: Mary N. Stone 1796 – 1870
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
Children:
Elisabeth Collamer 1819 – 1839
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
Harriet A. Collamer Johnson 1819 – 1906
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
William Collamer 1824 – 1873
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
Ellen Collamer Rice 1831 – 1886
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Frances Collamer 1834 – 1917
(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)
Political Party: Whig and Republican Parties
Education:
1810: Graduated from University of Vermont
Occupation before War:
1812 – 1815: Served in the War of 1812 rising to the rank of 1st Lt.
1813 – 1833: Attorney in Woodstock, Vermont
1821 – 1822: Vermont State Representative
1822 – 1824: Vermont State Attorney for Windsor County, Vermont
1827 – 1828: Vermont State Representative
1833 – 1842: Judge of Superior Court in Windsor County, Vermont
1843 – 1849: United States Congressman from Vermont
1843 – 1845: House Chairman of House Manufactures Committee
1847 – 1849: House Chairman of House Public Lands Committee
1849 – 1850: United States Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Dept.
1850 – 1854: Vermont State Superior Court Judge
1855 – 1865: United States Senator from Vermont
1855 – 1857: Senate Chairman of Engrossed Bills Committee
1856: Received votes for Republican Vice President Nomination
1860: Received votes for the Republican Party Nomination
1860: Wrote an opposition response to Crittenden Amendment
Civil War Career:
1855 – 1865: United States Senator from Vermont
1861 – 1865: Senate Chairman of Post Office and Post Roads
1861: Author of bill to give the President more powers
1862: Visited President Lincoln to argue change in Lincoln’s Cabinet
1863 – 1865: Senate Chairman of Library Committee
1865: Supporter of the 13th Amendment voting in support of the Amendment
1865: Opposed Reconstruction plans of Presidents Lincoln & Johnson
Died: November 9, 1865
Place of Death: Woodstock, Vermont
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont
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