George Thompson (July 6, 1918 – November 11, 1982) was an American politician who served as the 35th Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1963 to 1965.

[1] He received his public education in Hudson, Wisconsin;George Thompson attended the University of Wisconsin–River Falls 1936–37, and then St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, where he received his B.A.

A World War II veteran, he served in the United States Army 1942–45.

George Thompson served as a police and fire commissioner for La Crosse, Wisconsin 1952–54, and was then elected La Crosse County, Wisconsin District Attorney 1955–1961.

[1][2][3] Thompson died in a hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts from a long illness.