Thomas James Tumulty (March 2, 1913 – November 23, 1981) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1955 to 1957.

[1] He graduated from Xavier High School and attended the College of the Holy Cross, graduated from Fordham University in 1935, from Seton Hall University in 1938 and from John Marshall Law School in Jersey City in 1938.

Tumulty was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced the practice of law in Jersey City.

He was a professor at Seton Hall in 1940 and 1941 and taught at St. Aloysius High School in Jersey City in 1949 and 1950.

Famous as a storyteller and also for his 300-pound frame, Tumulty described his time in the army as "I went in as a private and came out as a platoon.