T. C. Van Eaton

Thomas C. Van Eaton (July 27, 1862 – October 13, 1951) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He founded the town of Eatonville, Washington in 1889. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897. Van Eaton unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1912, finishing second in the Republican primary in Washington's 2nd congressional district to Albert Johnson.