Joseph Oswalt Thompson (February 2, 1869 – 1933) served as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and was the Republican Party candidate in the 1910 Alabama gubernatorial election. He was also a congressional candidate in 1918. One of the largest cotton growers in the state, he also held several federal offices.[1][2] He served as postmaster of Tuskegee, Alabama.[3] and corresponded with Booker T. Washington.[4]