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John Henry Eaton (June 18, 1790 – November 17, 1856) was an American
United States

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 politician
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 and diplomat
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 from Tennessee
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 who served as U.S. Senator
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 and as Secretary of War
United States Secretary of War

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 in the administration of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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. He has the distinction of serving as the youngest U.S. Senator in history, having been 28 years old at he time of his swearing-in.

as born near Scotland Neck, Halifax County
Halifax County, North Carolina

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, North Carolina
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. His first wife was Myra Lewis. After Myra's death, He married his second wife, Peggy O'Neill.

He was a Democratic
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 lawyer
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John Henry Eaton (June 18, 1790 – November 17, 1856) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 politician
Politician

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 and diplomat
Ambassador

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 from Tennessee
Tennessee

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 who served as U.S. Senator
United States Senate

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 and as Secretary of War
United States Secretary of War

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 in the administration of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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. He has the distinction of serving as the youngest U.S. Senator in history, having been 28 years old at he time of his swearing-in.

Biography

He was born near Scotland Neck, Halifax County
Halifax County, North Carolina

Halifax County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 57,370. Its county seat is Halifax, North Carolina....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

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. His first wife was Myra Lewis. After Myra's death, He married his second wife, Peggy O'Neill.

He was a Democratic
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 lawyer
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. He served in the U.S. Army
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 during the War of 1812
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. He was a member of Tennessee House of Representatives
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 from 1815 to 1816 and a U.S. Senator from Tennessee
Tennessee

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 from 1818 to 1821 and again from 1821 to 1829. His apparent age of 28 at the time of his inauguration is notable; it contradicted the US Constitution's requirement that all Senators be over the age of 30. At the time, many people did not know their actual birth records; although it is not certain what occurred in this case. In any event, if challenged, he could have referred to previous under-aged Senators Armistead Mason
Armistead Thomson Mason

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 or Henry Clay
Henry Clay

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.

He was a close personal friend of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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. After Jackson became President
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 he, along with Postmaster General
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, Amos Kendall
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, were the only members of the official Cabinet
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 who were also a member of Jackson's informal circle of advisors often satirically called by Jackson detractors the "Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen Cabinet

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". (Apparently this group did, in fact, frequently meet in the White House
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 kitchen.) He resigned his Senate seat in 1829 in order to take up appointment as Jackson's Secretary of War
United States Secretary of War

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, a post in which he served from 1829 to 1831, when he resigned from the Cabinet over a scandal
Scandal

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 concerning his second wife, Peggy, that was known as the Petticoat Affair
Petticoat Affair

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. He was later Governor
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 of Florida Territory
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 from 1834 to 1836 and ambassador to Spain
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 from 1836 to 1840.

Eaton, a Freemason, died in Washington, D.C.
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 on November 17, 1856. He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
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, Washington, D.C.
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Eaton County, Michigan
Eaton County, Michigan

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 is named in his honor.