Thomas H. Ford (August 23, 1814 – February 29, 1868) was an American Republican politician who served as the third lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1856 to 1858.

After delivering a speech at Philadelphia espousing the Republican party, he was offered the nomination for lieutenant governor in 1855, and won election to a single term.

[4] In 1860, he was chosen Government Printer by the United States House of Representatives.

He was charged with having neglected his duty in the defense of Maryland Heights at the Battle of Harpers Ferry, September, 1862.

[5] He located in Washington, D.C., where he had a lucrative law practice, and where he died February 29, 1868.