EATON, DORMAN BRIDGMAN Ameri can lawyer, was born at Hardwick (Vt.), June 27, 1823. He graduated at the University of Vermont in 1848 and at the Har vard law school in 185o, and in the same year was admitted to the bar in New York city. There he became associated in practice with William Kent, the son of the great chancellor. He was con spicuous in the fight against Tweed and his followers, by one of whom he was assaulted ; he required a long period of rest, and went to Europe, where he studied the workings of the civil service in various countries. From 1873 to 1875 he was a member of the first United States civil service commission. In 1877, at the request of President Hayes, he made a careful study of the British civil service, and three years later published Civil Service in Great Britain. He drafted the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883, and later became a member of the new commission established by it. He resigned in 1885, but was almost immedi ately reappointed by President Cleveland, and served till 1886, editing the 3rd and 4th Reports of the commission. He was an organizer (1878) of the first society for the furtherance of civil service reform in New York, of the National Civil Service Reform Association, and of the national conference of the Uni tarian Church (1865) . He died in New York city, Dec. 23, 1899. Among his publications were: Should Judges Be Elected? (1873), The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform (1882), Problems of Police Legislation (1895) and The Government of Municipalities (1899)• See the privately printed memorial volume, Dorman B. Eaton, 1823 99 (19co)•