Thomas Jefferson Paterson, sometimes misspelled Patterson, (April 10, 1805 – February 15, 1885), was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Paterson was born in Lisle, New York and attended public schools.

Paterson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845). He was engaged as a land agent in Rochester, New York.

State Senator John E. Paterson (born 1800) was his brother; Congressman John Paterson (1744–1808) and State Senator Caleb Hyde were his grandfathers.

• United States Congress. "Thomas J. Paterson (id: P000129)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Thomas J. Paterson at Find a Grave