| LC control no. | n 88067932 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865 |
| Variant(s) | Collamer, J. (Jacob), 1791-1865 |
| Birth date | 1791-01-08 |
| Death date | 1865-11-09 |
| Place of birth | Troy (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Woodstock (Vt.) |
| Affiliation | University of Vermont Whig Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Postmaster General United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges Postmasters general |
| Found in | His Oration delivered before the Phi Sigma Nu Society ... 1828: t.p. (Jacob Collamer) LC data base, 11-9-88 (hdg.: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865; usage: J. Collamer) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, August 12, 2015 (Collamer, Jacob, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Troy, N.Y., January 8, 1791; moved with his father to Burlington, Vt.; attended the common schools, and graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1810; served in the War of 1812; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1813 and practiced in Woodstock, Vt., from 1813 to 1833; member, State house of representatives 1821, 1822, 1827, 1828; State's attorney for Windsor County 1822-1824; judge of the superior court 1833-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Thirtieth Congress); appointed Postmaster General by President Zachary Taylor 1849-1850; again judge of the superior court of Vermont 1850-1854; elected in 1855 as a Republican to the United States Senate; reelected in 1861 and served from March 4, 1855, until his death in Woodstock, Windsor County, Vt., November 9, 1865; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-fourth Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Library (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses); interment in River Street Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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