Oliver Payne Bolton (February 22, 1917 – December 13, 1972) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1957 and from 1963 to 1965.

Upon his father's death in office, his mother Frances P. Bolton won a special election to succeed Chester and served in Congress from 1940 to 1969.

He went on active duty in the United States Army and served though 1946, including one year in the Pacific Theater of Operations in the V Amphibious Corps.

Bolton entered the race and won, which marked the first time a mother and son would serve together in Congress.

[5] With President Lyndon B. Johnson defeating Senator Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election by a then-record one million votes, Bolton lost his seat to Robert E.

He died of heart failure December 13, 1972, at Palm Beach, Florida, and was buried at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland.