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Jacob Collamer

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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.
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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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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.
 
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