Charles Aubrey Eaton

Charles Aubrey Eaton

Charles Aubrey Eaton (born March 29, 1868 in Pugwash , Canada , †  January 23, 1953 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1953 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Eaton was the uncle of Congressman William R. Eaton (1877-1942) from Colorado . He attended the public schools of his Canadian homeland and Acadia University , which he graduated from in 1890. After studying at the Newton Theological Institution in Massachusetts , he began a career as a clergyman. Between 1892 and 1895 he was a pastor in Natick . He then practiced this profession until 1901 in Toronto and then until 1909 in Cleveland . In 1909 Eaton moved to Watchung , New Jersey. He had been an American citizen since 1896. Between 1909 and 1919 he was pastor of Madison Avenue Church in New York City . Between 1896 and 1920 Eaton was also active as a journalist. He published socio-political and religious newspapers and magazines in various cities in Canada and the United States. During World War I , he was the head of the federal National Service Section of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation from 1917 to 1919 .

Politically, Eaton was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1924 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of New Jersey, where he succeeded Democrat Charles Browne on March 4, 1925 . After 13 re-elections, he was able to complete a total of 14 legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1953 . Since 1933 he represented the fifth district of his state as the successor to Percy Hamilton Stewart . In Congress, Eaton was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee from 1947 to 1949 . At the same time he also headed the Select Committee on Foreign Aid . During his time in Congress, the New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt were passed there in the 1930s . Eaton and his party were staunch opponents of these laws. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

Eaton also saw the beginning of the Cold War as a member of parliament . Also, during his tenure in Congress, the 20th , 21st and 22nd amendments were ratified. As a member of the American delegation, Eaton was one of the signatories of the UN Charter in San Francisco in 1945 . In 1948 he supported the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe. In 1952, Charles Eaton waived another congressional candidacy. He died on January 23, 1953, 20 days after he left the House of Representatives, in the federal capital, Washington. He was then buried in Plainfield .

Web links

• Charles Aubrey Eaton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Aubrey Eaton in the database of Find a Grave (English)