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John Eaton
American politician and diplomat (1790-1856)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 18 June 1790
- Died
- 17 November 1856
- Place of birth
- Scotland Neck
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Eaton
- Spouse
- Margaret O'Neill Eaton
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, diplomat, ambassador, governor, jurist
- Position held
- member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, United States Secretary of War, Governor of the Territory of Florida, ambassador, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States Ambassador to Spain
- Citizenship
- United States
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New International Encyclopedia
- educated at
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of political party
- Democratic Party
- name in native language
- John Henry Eaton
- place of burial
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- social classification
- slave owner
- work location
- Washington, D.C.
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