Thomas Oscar Fuller (October 25, 1867 – June 21, 1942) was an American Baptist minister, educator and state senator.

He was the youngest of eight children born to Mary Eliza (née Dent) and J. Henderson Fuller,[2] former slaves.

Thomas was the second child and first son to be born free in the Fuller family after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

[4] Thomas Fuller married Laura B. Faulkner in her hometown of Warren County, North Carolina on June 23, 1898.

Thomas was ordained by Wake County Baptist Association[2] and in 1902 he was named the principal of the Howe Institute in Memphis.