Thomas M. Eaton
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Thomas M. Eaton | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 18th district | |
In office January 3, 1939 – September 16, 1939 | |
Preceded by | Byron N. Scott |
Succeeded by | William Ward Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | near Edwardsville, Illinois | August 3, 1896
Died | September 16, 1939 Long Beach, California | (aged 43)
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Long Beach |
Profession | Automobile sales |
Thomas Marion Eaton (August 3, 1896 – September 16, 1939) served briefly as a U.S. Representative from California in 1939.
Biography[edit]
Born on a farm near Edwardsville, Illinois, Eaton attended the public schools. He graduated from the State Normal School (now Illinois State University) in Normal in 1917. He served as principal of a grade school in Clinton, Illinois, in 1917 and 1918. During the First World War served in the United States Navy as an ensign.
He moved to Long Beach, California, in 1921 and engaged in the automobile sales business.
Eaton was elected to the Long Beach City Council in 1934. He was reelected in 1936, and was unanimously chosen mayor by the council.
Eaton was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Long Beach, California, September 16, 1939. Eaton's seat remained vacant until his elected successor, William Ward Johnson, took office in January 1941. He was interred in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens, later known as Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach).[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Thomas Marion Eaton (1896-1939) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com.
- United States Congress. "Thomas M. Eaton (id: E000026)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1896 births
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- Mayors of Long Beach, California
- California city council members
- United States Navy officers
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- 20th-century American legislators
- People from Edwardsville, Illinois
- Military personnel from California
- Military personnel from Illinois
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach)