Jakob Stämpfli

Party: Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Born on: 23.02.1820
Place of origin: Schwanden
Canton: Bern (BE)
Election: 06.12.1854
Resignation: 31.12.1863
Deceased: 15.05.1879

Successor to Federal Councillor: Ulrich Ochsenbein
Predecessor to Federal Councillor: Karl Schenk

Details of elections to the Federal Council

Elected on 6. ballot with 88 votes

Ballots distributed: 152
Ballots received: 149
Blank ballots: 4
Spoiled ballots: 0
Valid ballots: 145
Absolute majority: 73

Further votes received: Josef Munzinger SO (42), Johann Matthias Hungerbühler SG (10), Verschiedene/ divers (5)

Heads of Department
Year	Department	Substitute
1863	Military Department
1862	Political Department
1860 - 1861	Military Department
1859	Political Department
1857 - 1858	Department of Finance
1856	Political Department
1855	Department of Justice and Police