Thomas Lynch (November 21, 1844 – May 4, 1898) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

Thomas Lynch was born on November 21, 1844, in the town of Granville, Milwaukee County, in the Wisconsin Territory.

He was elected running as an Independent candidate, but caucused as a Democrat after joining the 26th Wisconsin Legislature.

[4] After the end of the 1883 legislative session, he moved north to Antigo, Wisconsin, in Langlade County.

[1] In 1890, he was chosen as the Democratic Party nominee for United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin's 9th congressional district, which then comprised nearly all of northern Wisconsin—Ashland, Chippewa, Door, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida, Portage, Price, Sawyer, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca, and Wood counties.