Thomas R. Eaton Explained

Thomas R. Eaton
Office:124th President of the
New Hampshire State Senate
Term Start:December 4, 2002
Term End:September 9, 2005 (resigned)
Preceded:Arthur P. Klemm, Jr.
Succeeded:Theodore Gatsas
State Senate2:New Hampshire
State2:New Hampshire
District2:10th
Term Start2:November 1999
Term End2:2006
Preceded2:Clesson J. Blaisdell
Birth Place:Keene, New Hampshire
Profession:Mortician
Nickname:Tom
Party:Republican

Thomas R. Eaton (born c. 1949) is a New Hampshire businessman and politician who served as a member of and President of the New Hampshire Senate.

Early life

Eaton was born in Keene and was raised in Stoddard, New Hampshire.

Education

From first through eighth grades Eaton attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Stoddard, New Hampshire. He then went on to Keene High School and to the New England Institute of Anatomy in Boston, Massachusetts. graduated with high honors

Business career

At the age of seventeen Eaton went to work at the Fletcher Funeral Home in Keene. Over his 34-year career at the Home, Eaton went from being a driver to the Home's president and treasurer. In 2000, after being elected to the New Hampshire Senate, Eaton retired from the Home.

State Senate

In November 1999 Eaton was elected in a special election for the tenth District of the New Hampshire Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clesson Blaisdell. This is the same New Hampshire Senate district that Eaton's father Charles Eaton represented from 1959 to 1962. Senator Eaton was named by NH Business Magazine one of the 10 most influential people 3 years in a row.

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