Frank Thompson

Frank Thompson
Chair of the House Administration Committee
In office
June 18, 1976 – December 29, 1980
Preceded byWayne Hays
Succeeded byLucien N. Nedzi
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1955 – December 29, 1980
Preceded byCharles R. Howell
Succeeded byChris Smith
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from Mercer County
In office
1950–1954
Personal details
Born(1918-07-26)July 26, 1918
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJuly 22, 1989(1989-07-22) (aged 70)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
EducationWake Forest University (BA, LLB)

Frank Thompson Jr. (July 26, 1918 – July 22, 1989) was an American politician. He represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1955 to 1980, and was chairman of the House Administration Committee from 1976 to 1980.

He is one of seven federal politicians who were convicted in the Abscam case in 1980. As a result, he resigned from Congress and served two years in prison.