John Burton Thompson (14 December 1810-7 January 1874) was a member of the US House of Representatives (W-KY 5) from 7 December 1840 to 3 March 1843 (succeeding Simeon H. Anderson and preceding James W. Stone) and from 4 March 1847 to 3 March 1851 (succeeding Bryan Young and preceding Stone), and a US Senator from 4 March 1853 to 3 March 1859 (succeeding Joseph R. Underwood and preceding Lazarus W. Powell).
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John Burton Thompson was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1810, and he worked as an attorney before serving in the state legislature. Thompson, a Whig, went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1840 to 1843 and from 1847 to 1851, and in the US Senate from 1853 to 1859, later joining the Know Nothings. He died in 1874.