Thomas Read (May 28, 1881 – April 7, 1962) was a Republican politician from Michigan who served in the Michigan House of Representatives including as its Speaker during the 50th Legislature, as Lieutenant Governor of Michigan under Alex J. Groesbeck, as a member of the Michigan State Senate, and as Michigan Attorney General. Read died after surgery at a hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1962. The elementary school in his hometown of Shelby is named for Read.