Thomas Coffin Amory Jr. (October 6, 1812 – August 20, 1889) was an American lawyer, historian, politician, biographer, and poet.

[2] In 1858 he published "Life of James Sullivan" about the former governor of Massachusetts and his grandfather.

He later published extensively on the American Revolution as well as on various others of his ancestors, including Major-General John Sullivan and Sir Isaac Coffin.

[5] Amory declined to run as the Whig nominee in the second vote of the 1853–54 Boston mayoral election, despite being offered the party's nomination.

[6] He ran as the Democratic nominee in the 1864 Boston mayoral election,[7] losing by a large margin.