Politics
- John Thomas (by 1490-1540/42), MP for Truro
- John Thomas (c.1531-1581/90), MP for Mitchell
- John William Elmer Thomas (1876–1965), U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
- John Addison Thomas (1811–1858), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
- John Chew Thomas (1764–1836), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
- John Lewis Thomas, Jr. (1835–1893), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
- John Parnell Thomas (1895–1970), U.S. Congressman from New Jersey
- John R. Thomas (1846–1914), U.S. Congressman from Illinois
- John Thomas (UK politician) (1897–1968), British Member of Parliament
- John W. Thomas (1874–1945), U.S. Senator from Idaho
- John W. Thomas (Wisconsin) (1846–?), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- John Aeron Thomas, British Member of Parliament for Gower, 1900–1906
- John Stradling Thomas (1925–1991), Welsh Conservative Party politician
- John J. Thomas (1813–1895), Confederate politician
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