David Heaton

David Heaton

David Heaton (born March 10, 1823 in Hamilton , Ohio , †  June 25, 1870 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1870 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Heaton attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1855 he was elected to the Ohio Senate. In 1857 he moved to St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota, now part of Minneapolis . Between 1858 and 1863 he sat in the local state senate . Politically, Heaton was a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1863 he became an employee of the Federal Ministry of Finance. In this capacity he was sent to New Bern in North Carolina, which was occupied by Union forces. In the following years he stayed in this state.

In 1867, Heaton took part as a delegate at a meeting to revise the constitution of his new home state. After the re-admission of North Carolina to the Union, he was in the second constituency elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on 15 July. 1868 After confirmation in the regular congressional elections of 1868 , he could remain in Congress until his death on June 25, 1870 . At the time of his death he was already nominated for re-election in the following congressional elections. David Heaton was Chairman of the Coins, Weights and Measures Committee.

Web links

• David Heaton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Heaton in the database of Find a Grave (English)