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John Henry Eaton (
June 18,
1790 –
November 17,
1856) was an
American politician and
diplomat from
Tennessee who served as
U.S. Senator and as
Secretary of War in the administration of
Andrew Jackson. 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.
He was born near
Scotland Neck,
Halifax County,
North Carolina. His first wife was Myra Lewis. After Myra's death, He married his second wife,
Peggy O'Neill.
He was a
Democratic lawyer. He served in the
U.S. Army during the
War of 1812. He was a member of
Tennessee House of Representatives from
1815 to
1816 and a
U.S. Senator from
Tennessee 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 didn't know their actual birth records; although it isn't certain what occurred in this case. In any event, if challenged, he could have referred to previous under-aged Senators
Armistead Mason or
Henry Clay.
He was a close personal friend of
Andrew Jackson. After Jackson became
President he, along with
Postmaster General,
Amos Kendall, were the only members of the official
Cabinet who were also a member of Jackson's informal circle of advisors often satirically called by Jackson detractors the "
Kitchen Cabinet". (Apparently this group did, in fact, frequently meet in the
White House kitchen.) He resigned his Senate seat in
1829 in order to take up appointment as Jackson's
Secretary of War, a post in which he served from
1829 to
1831, when he resigned from the Cabinet over a
scandal concerning his second wife, Peggy, that was known as the
Petticoat Affair. He was later
Governor of
Florida Territory from
1834 to
1836 and
ambassador to Spain from 1836 to
1840.
Eaton, a
Freemason, died in
Washington, D.C. on
November 17,
1856. He was buried at
Oak Hill Cemetery,
Washington, D.C.
Eaton County, Michigan is named in his honor.
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