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What did John Eaton do after the Civil War?

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After the war, as editor of the Memphis Post and as Tennessee superintendent of schools (1867-69), he was a strong advocate of free public schools. Appointed (1870) U.S. commissioner of education, he won public and congressional support for the Bureau of Education, which he directed until 1886. Afterward he served (1886-91) as president of Marietta College and in 1899-1900 was in charge of the school system of Puerto Rico.

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