OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
John Henry Eaton

BORN:
June 18, 1790
Scotland Neck, North Carolina

DIED:
November 17, 1856 (age 66)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (Before 1828)
Democratic (1828–1840)
Whig (1840–1856)

HIGHLIGHTS: 

1815-1816:
Tennessee House of Representatives
1818-1829:
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
1829-1831:
U.S. Secretary of War
1834-1836:
Governor of Florida Territory
1836-1840:
U.S. Minister to Spain 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. Army
Tennessee Encyclopedia
NCpedia
Wikipedia

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