| Birth: | Jan. 8, 1791
Troy
Rensselaer County
New York, USA | | Death: | Nov. 9, 1865
Woodstock
Windsor County
Vermont, USA | 
US Senator. He moved with his father to Vermont where he attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1810. He was an officer in a militia unit in the War of 1812 and in 1813 studied law at St Albans, Vermont. He was admitted to the bar 1n 1813 and opened a law office in Royalton, Vermont where he remained for 20 years. Upon entering politics he was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives and was then appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1842 and advocated the annexation of Texas and support of the Mexican-American War. Before his election to the Senate, he served as Postmaster General for President Zachary Taylor. He was a conservative, anti-slavery Republican who defended his position even when in the minority. He was the Vermont presidential nominee in 1860, but withdrew his name after the first vote. Reelected for the final time in 1861, he served until his death at his home in Woodstock, Vermont. (bio by: Tom Todd)
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Children:
Elisabeth Collamer (____ - 1839)*
Harriet A. Collamer Johnson (1819 - 1906)*
William Collamer (1824 - 1873)*
Frances Collamer (1834 - 1917)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Jacob Collamer | | | Burial:
River Street Cemetery
Woodstock
Windsor County
Vermont, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jul 13, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 23044 |
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liz in brooklyn
Added: Jan. 8, 2013 |
Please see family record on his mother's memorial.Mother Elizabeth Vanaman 101234820Father Samuel Collamer 101234832
-Anonymous
Added: Dec. 14, 2012 |
thank you for your service in ending the scourge of slavery on our republic. may you rest in the peace of jesus our lord
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joe redus
Added: Apr. 30, 2012 |
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