| John Thomson | |
| State1: | Ohio |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1829 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1837 |
| Constituency1: | (1829–1833) (1833–1837) |
| Preceded1: | John Sloane |
| Succeeded1: | Andrew W. Loomis |
| Term Start3: | March 4, 1825 |
| Term End3: | March 3, 1827 |
| Preceded3: | Duncan McArthur |
| Succeeded3: | William Creighton, Jr. |
| State Senate4: | Ohio |
| District4: | Columbiana County |
| Term Start4: | 1817 |
| Term End4: | 1821 |
| Preceded4: | John G. Young |
| Succeeded4: | Gideon Hughes |
| State House5: | Ohio |
| District5: | Columbiana County |
| Term Start5: | 1816 |
| Term End5: | 1817 |
| Preceded5: | Thomas Rigdon Robert Stevenson |
| Succeeded5: | Lewis Kinney Joseph Richardson Jacob Roller |
| Alongside5: | Jacob Roller |
| State Senate6: | Ohio |
| District6: | Columbiana, Stark and Wayne counties |
| Term Start6: | 1814 |
| Term End6: | 1816 |
| Preceded6: | Lewis Kinney Joseph Richardson |
| Succeeded6: | District eliminated |
| Alongside6: | Lewis Kinney Joseph Richardson John G. Young |
| Birth Date: | 20 November 1780 |
| Birth Place: | Kingdom of Ireland |
| Death Place: | New Lisbon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Lisbon Cemetery |
| Party: | Jacksonian |
John Thomson (November 20, 1780 – December 2, 1852), also known as John Thompson, was a United States Representative from Ohio from 1825 to 1827 and from 1829 to 1837. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 1814 to 1815 and from 1817 to 1820. He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1816.
John Thomson was born on November 20, 1780, in the northern part of the Kingdom of Ireland. He immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1787. They moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine in Butler County.[1] [2]
In 1806 or 1807, he moved to New Lisbon, Ohio, and practiced medicine.[1] [3] During the War of 1812, Thomson was part of a militia and was promoted to the rank of major general.[2]
Thomson served in the Ohio Senate from 1814 to 1816 and from 1817 to 1820 and in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1816.[1] In 1820, he was appointed by President James Monroe to serve as a judge of the Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory, but he declined the appointment.[4] Thomson was elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress. Thomson was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1836.[1] [5]
After his political career, Thomson resumed the practice of medicine.[1]
He was a member of the Presbyterian church.[2]
Thomson died on December 2, 1852, in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio. He was interred in New Lisbon Cemetery.[1] [6]