From first through eighth grades Eaton attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Stoddard, New Hampshire.
He then went on to Keene High School and to the New England Institute of Anatomy in Boston, Massachusetts.
graduated with high honors At the age of seventeen Eaton went to work at the Fletcher Funeral Home in Keene.
In November 1999 Eaton was elected in a special election for the tenth District of the New Hampshire Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clesson Blaisdell.
[2] Senator Eaton was named by NH Business Magazine one of the 10 most influential people 3 years in a row.