10 Facts About Horace Eaton

Horace Eaton was an American Whig politician, a medical doctor, the 14th lieutenant governor of Vermont, and the 18th governor of Vermont.

Horace Eaton 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.

Horace Eaton studied with his father while attending Castleton Medical College; Eaton graduated in 1828, and then joined his father's practice.

Horace Eaton was married twice; first to Cordelia H Fuller with whom he had two children, and then to Edna Palmer.

Horace Eaton was a member of the Vermont Senate in 1837 and from 1839 to 1843.

Horace Eaton was elected the lieutenant governor of Vermont and served from 1843 to 1846.

Horace Eaton served as the eighteenth governor of Vermont from 1846 to 1848.

Horace Eaton was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in 1848.

Horace 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.

Horace Eaton died in Middlebury, Vermont, on July 4,1855, the 79th anniversary of American independence; and is interred at Enosburg Center Cemetery in Enosburg, Vermont.