Political Figures
- John Thompson (fl.1421), MP for Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham (c. 1647–1710), English politician
- John Thompson (1749–1823), US Congressman from New York
- John Thompson (1809–1890), US Congressman from New York
- John Burton Thompson (1810–1874), Whig politician from Kentucky
- John F. Thompson (1920–1965), former Massachusetts state Speaker of the House
- John Hall Thompson (1810–1893), Canadian court commissioner and political figure
- John McCandless Thompson (1829–1903), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- John R. Thompson (1834–1894), founder of the Grange
- Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894), Prime Minister of Canada
- John W. Thompson (Manitoba politician) (1858–?), politician in Manitoba, Canada
- John T. Thompson (1860–1940), inventor of the Thompson submachine gun
- John Thompson (Manitoba politician) (1908–1986), Manitoba provincial cabinet minister
- John Thompson (UK politician) (1928–2011), British Labour MP for Wansbeck
- John W. Thompson (mayor) (born 1949), mayor of Davenport, Iowa
- John William Howard Thompson, British Member of Parliament for East Somerset, 1906–1910
- John Thompson (Alberta politician) (born 1924), Alberta provincial politician
- John Thompson (Louisiana) (died 1810), registrar of lands and judge
- John D. Thompson, Jr., former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- J. Enoch Thompson (1846–1932), Canadian politician, diplomat, writer, and businessman
- John Martin Thompson (1829–1907), lumberman and civic leader
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