American Public Officials
- Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738–1789), American Revolutionary War leader; signer of Declaration of Independence; governor of Virginia (1781)
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- Thomas Nelson Community College, American two-year college in southeastern Virginia
- Thomas Nelson High School, a high school in Bardstown, Kentucky scheduled to open in 2012
- Thomas M. Nelson (1782–1853), American congressman from Virginia
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (1812–1873), American congressman from Tennessee
- Thomas Nelson (Oregon judge) (1819–1907), Chief Justice of Oregon Supreme Court, 1850–1853
- Thomas G. Nelson (Idaho judge) (1936–2011), federal judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Thomas H. Nelson (1820–1896), American diplomat during and after the Civil War
- Thomas Leverett Nelson (1827–1897), American judge
- Tom Nelson (politician) (born 1976), American politician from Wisconsin
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