| Francis D. Kimball | |
| Order: | 5th |
| Office: | Ohio Attorney General |
| Term Start: | January 14, 1856 |
| Term End: | August 15, 1856 |
| Governor: | Salmon P. Chase |
| Preceded: | George Wythe McCook |
| Succeeded: | Christopher Wolcott |
| Birth Date: | c. 1820 |
| Birth Place: | New Hampshire |
| Death Date: | August 15, 1856 |
| Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio |
| Party: | Republican |
| Otherparty: | Whig |
Francis D. Kimball (c. 1820 - 1856) was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General in 1856.
Kimball was born in about 1820 in New Hampshire. He was reared as a Whig and an Abolitionist. In 1842 he moved to Medina County, Ohio, and was soon elected to county office.[1] He was prosecuting attorney of Medina County 1849-1853.[2] He was a champion of the Anti-Nebraska Movement in 1854, and a founder of the Republican Party in Ohio.[1] He attended the preliminary National Convention at Pittsburgh, and the first regular National Convention at Philadelphia, where he contracted a disease that would lead to his death.[1] He was nominated for Ohio Attorney General, and won the election in 1855.[3] He died August 15, 1856, and was succeeded as Attorney General by Christopher P. Wolcott of Summit County by appointment of Governor Salmon P. Chase.[1]