Horace Eaton
Horace Eaton | |
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| 18th Governor of Vermont | |
| In office October 9, 1846 – October 1848 | |
| Lieutenant | Leonard Sargeant Robert Pierpoint |
| Preceded by | William Slade |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Coolidge |
| 14th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
| In office October 13, 1843 – October 9, 1846 | |
| Governor | John Mattocks William Slade |
| Preceded by | Waitstill R. Ranney |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Sargeant |
| Member of the Vermont Senate | |
| In office 1837 1839–1842 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 22, 1804 Barnard, Vermont |
| Died | July 4, 1855 (aged 51) Middlebury, Vermont |
| Political party | Whig |
| Profession | doctor / professor / politician |
Horace Eaton (June 22, 1804 – July 4, 1855) was an American Whig politician, a medical doctor, the 14th lieutenant governor of Vermont, and the 18th governor of Vermont.
Biography
[edit]Eaton was born in Barnard, Vermont, on June 22, 1804. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1825, taught at Middlebury Academy for two years, then moved to Enosburg, a village in Berkshire, Vermont, where his father practiced medicine. He studied with his father while attending medical school at Castleton State College; Eaton graduated in 1828, and then joined his father's practice. He was married twice; first to Cordelia H. Fuller with whom he had two children, and then to Edna Palmer.[1]
Career
[edit]Eaton was town clerk of Enosburg. He was a member of the Vermont Senate in 1837 and from 1839 to 1842.[2]
Eaton was elected the lieutenant governor of Vermont and served from 1843 to 1846.[3]
Eaton served as the eighteenth governor of Vermont from 1846 to 1848. He was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in 1848. During his administration, he opposed the admission of slave states to the Union and to the Mexican War.[4]
Eaton played a key role in the creation of the state Superintendent of Public Instruction position, and he was the first one to hold it, serving from 1845 to 1850. In 1848 he was appointed professor of chemistry and natural history at Middlebury, and held the chair until 1855.
Death
[edit]Eaton died in Middlebury, Vermont, on July 4, 1855, the 79th anniversary of American independence; and is interred at Enosburg Center Cemetery, Enosburg Center, Franklin County, Vermont.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Horace Eaton". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ "Horace Eaton". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ a b "Horace Eaton". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ "Horace eaton". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Horace Eaton at The Political Graveyard
- Enosburgh Center Cemetery
- Horace Eaton at National Governors Association
- Horace Eaton at Find a Grave
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- 1804 births
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- Governors of Vermont
- Vermont Whigs
- Middlebury College alumni
- People from Windsor County, Vermont
- People from Barnard, Vermont
- People from Enosburgh, Vermont
- Vermont state senators
- Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
- Lieutenant governors of Vermont
- Whig Party state governors of the United States
- 19th-century members of the Vermont General Assembly