John Mellen Thurston (1847–1916), Republican United States Senator from Nebraska
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John Bates Thurston (1836–1897), independent Premier, and later British colonial Governor, of Fiji, 1888–1897
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John Jabez Thurston (1888–1960), independent member of the Canadian House of Commons
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