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Thomas R. Eaton

124th President of the New Hampshire State Senate
In office December 4, 2002 – September 9, 2005 (resigned)
Preceded by	Arthur P. Klemm, Jr.
Succeeded by	Theodore Gatsas
Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 10th district
In office November 1999 – 2006
Preceded by	Clesson J. Blaisdell^[1]
Succeeded by	Molly Kelly

Personal details
Born	Keene, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican
Profession	Mortician
Nickname	Tom

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.

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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.^[1] This is the same New Hampshire Senate district that Eaton's father Charles Eaton represented from 1959 to 1962.^[2] Senator Eaton was named by NH Business Magazine one of the 10 most influential people 3 years in a row.

References

^ ^a ^b Jimenez, Ralph (December 9, 1999), With Election Defeat, N.H. Democrats Lose Majority in Senate, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Globe, p. B.19.
^ Kiernan, Laura A. (October 31, 1999), Senate-Passed Income Tax Falls to Earth in House, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Globe, p. 4.