David Heaton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Heaton (March 10, 1823 – June 25, 1870) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, March 10, 1823 to: James Heaton (1779–1841) and Mary Morrell (1782–1871); completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar; elected to the State senate in 1855; moved to St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota, in 1857; member of the State senate of Minnesota 1858–1863; appointed special agent of the Treasury Department and the United States depository in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1863; appointed Third Auditor of the Treasury in 1864, but declined; served as a member of the constitutional convention of North Carolina in 1867; upon the readmission of North Carolina to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from July 15, 1868, until his death; chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Forty-first Congress); had been nominated as a Republican candidate for reelection to the Forty-second Congress; died in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 1870; interment in the National Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.