Editing Jacob Collamer (section)

==Early career==
In 1816, he moved to [[Royalton, Vermont]], where he continued to practice law.{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}} He remained a resident of Royalton for 20 years, practicing law in partnership with [[James Barrett (Vermont judge)|James Barrett]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Taft |first=Russell Smith |date=July 1, 1901 |title=Hon. James Barrett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hcAg0OBzr1oC&pg=PA295 |magazine=New England Historical and Genealogical Register |location=Boston, MA |publisher=New England Historical and Genealogical Society |page=295}}</ref> Among the prospective attorneys who [[reading law|studied law]] under his supervision was [[Lyman Gibbons]], who later served as a justice of the [[Alabama Supreme Court]].<ref>Amherst College, ''Obituary Record: Roll of Graduates deceased during the Year 1879-1880; Deaths Not Previously Reported'' (1880), p. 187.</ref> Collamer also served in local offices, including Register of [[probate court|Probate]], [[Windsor County, Vermont|Windsor County]] [[State's attorney|State's Attorney]], and member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]].{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|pages=4-5}}  While serving in the House, Collamer was the main proponent of the legislation that created the [[Vermont Senate]] in 1836.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jacobcollamer00kell|title=Jacob Collamer: Woodstock's U.S. Senator|first=Mary Louise|last=Kelly|date=1944|location=Woodstock, VT |publisher=Woodstock Historical Society|via=Internet Archive |page=[https://archive.org/details/jacobcollamer00kell/page/4 4] |ref={{sfnRef|''Jacob Collamer: Woodstock's U.S. Senator''}}}}</ref>

From 1833 to 1842 Collamer was an associate justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court|Supreme Court of Vermont]], succeeding [[Nicholas Baylies]].{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Zadock |date=1842 |title=History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical |url=https://archive.org/details/HOV_vtrbms |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Chauncey Goodrich |page=[https://archive.org/details/HOV_vtrbms/page/n128 124] |ref={{sfnRef|''History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical''}}}}</ref>  In 1836 he moved to [[Woodstock, Vermont|Woodstock]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tinkham |first=O. M. |date=July 1, 1900 |title=Jacob Collamer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uo8eAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA234 |magazine=The Vermonter |location=St. Albans, VT |publisher=Charles Spooner Forbes |page=234 |ref={{sfnRef|''The Vermonter'': Jacob Collamer}}}}</ref>  From 1839 to 1845 Collamer was a Trustee of the [[University of Vermont]].<ref>University of Vermont, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8yHOAAAAMAAJ/page/n10 <!-- pg=9 --> Catalogue of the University of Vermont], 1890, page 9</ref>