Thomas Talbot (September 7, 1818 - October 6, 1886) was a governor of Massachusetts. He was born in Cambridge, New York .

Talbot served many years in the Massachusetts legislature, sat in the governor's council in 1864- 1869, and in 1872 was chosen lieutenant-governor, as a Republican. On the election of Governor William B. Washburne to the United States Senate in 1873 he became governor, but lost the election in 1874, but in 1878 he was elected and served until 1880. He died in Lowell, Massachusetts.