John D. Thompson Jr.

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = John Thompson

| image name =

| state_house = Ohio

| state = Ohio

| district = 16th

| term = January 3, 1971-October 16, 1986

| preceded = Phillip DeLaine

| succeeded = Vermel Whalen

| party = Democratic

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|12|17}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|10|15|1928|12|17}}{{Cite web | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB627399DCC1E5E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| title=D5 DEATH NOTICE - REP. JOHN D. THOMPSON, LEGISLATOR FROM CLEVELAND| date=1986-10-16 | via=Akron Beacon Journal (OH)}}

| death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States|

| image = John D. Thompson, Jr. - 44th District - Ohio House of Representatives 109th General Assembly - DPLA - 5586be78567b1fe89fca76f0a79cfcb8 (page 11) (cropped).jpg

}}

John D. Thompson Jr. (December 17, 1928 – October 15, 1986) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.{{cite web |url=http://www.georgewashingtonwilliams.org/Legislators.aspx?publicOfficialId=87 |title=John D. Thompson, Jr. |work=African-American Legislators: Those Who Followed |accessdate=2011-01-03}} He was black and died of cancer, aged 57.