Career
Eaton became a farmer, also becoming active in politics, including serving as Duanesburg Town Supervisor from 1819 to 1820. From 1821 to 1822 Eaton served as Schenectady County Sheriff. Eaton was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 4, 1825.
Eaton voted in favor of the Tariff of 1824 and took part in the House caucus that nominated William Crawford for President.
After leaving the House Eaton returned to his farm, also holding the position of postmaster in the hamlet of Eaton (sometimes spelled Eatons or Eaton"s) Corners. In the mid-1830s Eaton moved to Lockport, New York, where he purchased the Nathan Comstock Junior.
House. In the late 1830s he relocated to the village of Black Rock (now part of Buffalo), where he resumed farming, was a clerk in the federal revenue collection office for the Niagara district, became a lumber dealer and was President of the City Bank of Buffalo.
During the 1840 election for President, Eaton was a delegate to a convention of former Democratic-Republicans who endorsed Whig nominees William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. In the early 1840s he served as a Special Agent of the United States Post Office Department, ensuring that postmasters and mail carriers did not use the service for illegal purposes.
Eaton died in Buffalo on August 22, 1857. He was originally interred at Black Rock Burial Ground, and most of the remains there, including Eaton"s, were later moved to Buffalo"s Forest Lawn Cemetery.