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Horace Eaton Signature - Vermont 18th Governor & Middlebury College c. 1840's
Horace Eaton Signature - Vermont 18th Governor & Middlebury College c. 1840's

Horace Eaton Signature - Vermont 18th Governor & Middlebury College c. 1840's

$ 21.11

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: Used
  • Modification Description: Autographed
  • Signed by: George D Aiken
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Autograph Authentication: Not Authenticated
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Horace Eaton - Vermont 18th Governor & US Senator.
    Eaton (1804 – 1855) was an American Whig politician, a medical doctor, the 14th lieutenant governor of Vermont, and the 18th governor of Vermont.
    He graduated from Middlebury College in 1825 and after studying medicine became a member of the Vermont Senate in 1837 and from 1839 to 1842, and then was elected the lieutenant governor of Vermont and served from 1843 to 1846.
    Eaton served as the eighteenth governor of Vermont from 1846 to 1848. He was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in 1848.
    In 1848 he was appointed professor of chemistry and natural history at Middlebury College, and held the chair until 1855.