US Con Collamer, Jacob - U.S. Senator, VT

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)​

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Harriet A. Collamer Johnson 1819 – 1906​

(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)​

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William Collamer 1824 – 1873​

(Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont)​

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Ellen Collamer Rice 1831 – 1886​

(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

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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.

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1813 – 1833: Attorney in Woodstock, Vermont​

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1821 – 1822: Vermont State Representative​

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1822 – 1824: Vermont State Attorney for Windsor County, Vermont​

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1827 – 1828: Vermont State Representative​

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1833 – 1842: Judge of Superior Court in Windsor County, Vermont​

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1843 – 1849: United States Congressman from Vermont​

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1843 – 1845: House Chairman of House Manufactures Committee​

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1847 – 1849: House Chairman of House Public Lands Committee​

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1849 – 1850: United States Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Dept.​

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1850 – 1854: Vermont State Superior Court Judge​

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1855 – 1865: United States Senator from Vermont​

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1855 – 1857: Senate Chairman of Engrossed Bills Committee​

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1856: Received votes for Republican Vice President Nomination​

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1860: Received votes for the Republican Party Nomination​

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1860: Wrote an opposition response to Crittenden Amendment​

Civil War Career:

1855 – 1865: United States Senator from Vermont​

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1861 – 1865: Senate Chairman of Post Office and Post Roads​

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1861: Author of bill to give the President more powers​

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1862: Visited President Lincoln to argue change in Lincoln's Cabinet​

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1863 – 1865: Senate Chairman of Library Committee​

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1865: Supporter of the 13th​ Amendment voting in support of the Amendment​

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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

 

[Pollaco]

For the brief time (1849-1850) he spent as Postmaster General it was in Zachary Taylor's Cabinet.On the very day that South Carolina seceeded He was named to the Committee of Thirteen in the Senate.

 

[Pollaco]

I was going to add that day was Dec. 20th. 1860, but most followers of Civil War history already knew that.