George Western Thompson (May 14, 1806 – February 24, 1888) was a nineteenth-century Virginia politician, lawyer and judge. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, resigning to become a state judge. During the American Civil War newly appointed "governor" of the "Restored Government of Virginia", Francis Pierpont, declared Judge Thompson's judicial bench "vacant" due to his refusal to swear an oath of loyalty to the "Restored Government of Virginia". Judge Thompson was imprisoned in mid 1861, by Pierpont and sent to Camp Chase, Franklin County, Ohio. He was released months later, but was arrested again in 1862, on Pierpont's request, and was detained briefly. The judge would have "governor" Pierpont arrested by the sheriff in St. Clairsville, Belmont County Ohio, for false