José Tous Soto (October 2, 1874 – March 22, 1933) was a Puerto Rican politician and former Senator and Representative.
In 1903 Soto sits as district judge of the important office of San Juan, then moving to Ponce again, where he served until 1908.
Tous began his political career with the Liberal Fusionist Party, led by Luis Muñoz Rivera.
That year, Tous and Antonio Barceló, then Senate president, led a merging of the Republican Party with the opposing Union of Puerto Rico, forming Alianza Puertorriqueña.
The merging came as a means to unify the efforts of the politicians legislating in favor of better conditions for Puerto Ricans.