# David Heaton

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{About|the congressman from North Carolina|the Iowa politician|Dave Heaton}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=David Heaton
|image=Hon. David Heaton, N.C - NARA - 527050.jpg
|state=North Carolina
|district={{ushr|NC|2|2nd}}
|term_start=July 15, 1868
|term_end=June 25, 1870
|successor=[Joseph Dixon](/source/Joseph_Dixon_(North_Carolina_politician))
|office2=Member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate)
|term_start2=1858
|term_end2=1863
|birth_date={{birth date|1823|3|10}}
|birth_place=[Hamilton, Ohio](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ohio), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1870|6|25|1823|3|10}}
|death_place=[Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), U.S.
|party=[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|parents=James Heaton<br>Mary Morrell
|profession=Politician, lawyer
}}
'''David Heaton''' (March 10, 1823 – June 25, 1870) was an American attorney and politician, a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina). He earlier was elected to the state senates of Ohio and Minnesota.

==Early life and education==
Heaton was born in [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ohio), [Butler County, Ohio](/source/Butler_County%2C_Ohio), March 10, 1823 to James Heaton (1779&ndash;1841) and Mary Morrell (1782&ndash;1871), migrants from the East. He completed preparatory studies and studied law as a legal apprentice. He was admitted to the bar.

==Political career==
After getting active in politics, Heaton was elected to the [Ohio Senate](/source/Ohio_Senate) in 1855.

Two years later, he moved to [St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota](/source/Minneapolis%2C_Minnesota), where he entered politics. He was elected as a member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate), serving from 1858 to 1863.<ref>[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13280 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-David Heaton]</ref>

During the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), in 1863 Heaton was appointed as a special agent of the [United States Treasury Department](/source/United_States_Treasury_Department) and the United States depository in [New Bern, North Carolina](/source/New_Bern%2C_North_Carolina) after Union troops occupied the area. A contraband camp was set up near the city to begin education of former slaves for independence. In 1864, he was offered the appointment as the Third [Auditor of the Treasury](/source/Auditor_of_the_Treasury) but declined.

Heaton decided to stay in North Carolina, where he served as a member of its constitutional convention in 1867 under Reconstruction. When the state was readmitted to representation, he was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the Fortieth Congress and reelected to the Forty-first Congress, serving from July 15, 1868, until his death. He was chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Forty-first Congress).

After his nomination as a Republican candidate for reelection to the Forty-second Congress, he died in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), on June 25, 1870.  His body was returned to New Bern, where he was interred in the [National Cemetery](/source/National_Cemetery).

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [40th United States Congress](/source/40th_United_States_Congress)
* [41st United States Congress](/source/41st_United_States_Congress)
* [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899))

==References==
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{{CongBio|H000432}}

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|6908155}}

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Category:Republican Party Ohio state senators
Category:Minnesota state senators
Category:1823 births
Category:1870 deaths
Category:Politicians from New Bern, North Carolina
Category:Republican Party United States representatives from North Carolina
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly
Category:19th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature

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