Thomas M. Eaton

Thomas M. Eaton

Infobox_Congressman
name=Thomas M. Eaton


state=California
district=18th
term_start = January 3, 1939
term_end = September 16, 1939
preceded=Byron N. Scott
succeeded=William Ward Johnson
date of birth=birth date|1896|8|3|mf=y
place of birth=near Edwardsville, Illinois
dead = dead
date of death=death date and age|1939|9|16|1896|8|3
place of death=Long Beach, California
residence=Long Beach
spouse=
profession=Automobile sales
religion=
party=Republican|

Thomas Marion Eaton (August 3, 1896 - September 16, 1939) served briefly as a U.S. Representative from California in 1939.

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 Mausoleum.

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