Jacob Collamer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacob Collamer

American politician

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1791

Place of Birth: Troy, New York, United States

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1865

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jacob Collamer

  • Jacob Collamer (January 8, 1791 – November 9, 1865) was an American politician from Vermont.
  • He served in the U.S.
  • House of Representatives, as Postmaster General in the cabinet of President Zachary Taylor, and as a U.S.
  • Senator. Born in Troy, New York, and raised in Burlington, Vermont, Collamer graduated from the University of Vermont, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1813.
  • After service in the militia during the War of 1812, he became active as an attorney, first in Royalton, and then in Woodstock.
  • Highly regarded in the legal profession, he became a respected prosecutor, legislator, and judge. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1842, Collamer became a prominent Whig leader and advocate of the anti-slavery cause.
  • President Taylor selected Collamer to serve as Postmaster General following the 1848 presidential election.
  • Collamer served until shortly after Taylor's death when he resigned to allow Taylor's successor, Millard Fillmore, to name his own appointee. Collamer was elected to the Senate as a Republican in 1855, shortly after the formation of the new party.
  • He became a respected voice against slavery and a prominent supporter of the Lincoln administration during the American Civil War.
  • An advocate of more stringent postwar Reconstruction measures than those that were favored by Lincoln and his successor, Andrew Johnson, Collamer advocated congressional control of the Reconstruction process.
  • He died in Woodstock and was buried at River Street Cemetery in Woodstock.

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