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[[File:Amasa Mason Eaton.jpg|thumb|Eaton ]]
'''Amasa Mason Eaton''' (May 31, 1841October 3, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician.
== Life and education ==
Eaton was born on May 31, 1841, in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name="econlegis">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="nytobit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He received an AM from [[Brown University]] in 1861 and an LLB from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1878.<ref name="nytobit" /> Shortly after graduating from Brown, he joined the [[1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment]], serving for three months. He married Maude Dunnell on September 15, 1873, with whom he had six children. Eaton died on October 3, 1914, in Providence.<ref name="nytobit" />
== Political career ==
Eaton's political career began in 1863, two years after his graduation from Brown, when he was elected a member of the North Providence Town Council. He then became a member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]] (1865–1866); a member of the Providence Common Council (1872–1874); and an alderman in Providence (1874–1875).<ref name="econlegis" /> Eaton was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].
== Scholarship ==
Eaton was active in [[law reform]] efforts. He was a member of the [[Commission of Uniform State Legislation]] from 1897, becoming president from 1901 to 1910.<ref name="nytobit" />
Eaton's article "On Contracts in Restraint of Trade",<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> published in the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', was the first to be cited in a decision of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref name=":0" /> Justice [[Edward Douglass White]] cited it in dissent in ''[[United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association]]'', 166 US 290 (1897).<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Eaton supported self-government for municipalities. In ''Constitution-Making in Rhode Island'' (1899), he argued that the constitution of Rhode Island should be amended to prohibit state-level interference with local affairs.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In 1913, Eaton published ''Free Trade vs. Protection'', a book about efforts past and present to impose [[Tariff|tariffs]]. It argued for [[free trade]] as against [[protectionism]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Sources ==
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== References ==
[[Category:1841 births]]
[[Category:1914 deaths]]
[[Category:American legal scholars]]
[[Category:Brown University alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]
[[Category:Lawyers from Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives]]
[[File:Amasa Mason Eaton.jpg|thumb|Eaton ]]
'''Amasa Mason Eaton''' (May 31, 1841October 3, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician.
== Life and education ==
Eaton was born on May 31, 1841, in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name="econlegis">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="nytobit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He received an AM from [[Brown University]] in 1861 and an LLB from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1878.<ref name="nytobit" /> Shortly after graduating from Brown, he joined the [[1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment]], serving for three months. He married Maude Dunnell on September 15, 1873, with whom he had six children. Eaton died on October 3, 1914, in Providence.<ref name="nytobit" />
== Political career ==
Eaton's political career began in 1863, two years after his graduation from Brown, when he was elected a member of the North Providence Town Council. He then became a member of the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]] (1865–1866); a member of the Providence Common Council (1872–1874); and an alderman in Providence (1874–1875).<ref name="econlegis" /> Eaton was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].
== Scholarship ==
Eaton was active in [[law reform]] efforts. He was a member of the [[Commission of Uniform State Legislation]] from 1897, becoming president from 1901 to 1910.<ref name="nytobit" />
Eaton's article "On Contracts in Restraint of Trade",<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> published in the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', was the first to be cited in a decision of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref name=":0" /> Justice [[Edward Douglass White]] cited it in dissent in ''[[United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association]]'', 166 US 290 (1897).<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Eaton supported self-government for municipalities. In ''Constitution-Making in Rhode Island'' (1899), he argued that the constitution of Rhode Island should be amended to prohibit state-level interference with local affairs.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In 1913, Eaton published ''Free Trade vs. Protection'', a book about efforts past and present to impose [[Tariff|tariffs]]. It argued for [[free trade]] as against [[protectionism]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Sources ==
*
== References ==
[[Category:1841 births]]
[[Category:1914 deaths]]
[[Category:American legal scholars]]
[[Category:Brown University alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]
[[Category:Lawyers from Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives]]
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