Charles Forest Nelson Pratt (February 4, 1891 – November 5, 1968) was a Republican politician from Saugus, Massachusetts.

In 1925, he made headlines for his plan to arm 100 hand-picked citizens in order to deter bandits from operating in Saugus.

[8] That October, Pratt accused Mullen of coercing Works Progress Administration workers by threatening to have them fired if they did not vote for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and telling them they were expected to attend a Democratic Party rally at Saugus Town Hall.

Plan E would create the office of Town Manager, expand the Board of Selectmen from three members to five, change the electoral system for town elections to Single transferable vote, and change a number of elected positions to appointed positions.

Pratt eventually agreed to sit down, but after a few seconds demanded to be heard on a point of parliamentary procedure and was then ejected.

Despite being a Republican, he supported president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal[21] and represented the National Shoe Workers during their 1933 strike.

[3] During Pratt's tenure in the Massachusetts House, each district was represented by the top three vote-getters in the general election.

Catherine Sullivan, a friend and former coworker of Pratt's, testified that she met him on May 20, 1928, at the State House after he offered her a chance to work there.

After visiting the Civil Service Commission and Income Tax Department, Pratt was unable to attain Sullivan a job and he offered to drive her home.

Pratt later stopped the car in a wooded area in Middleton, Massachusetts, where he dragged her into the back seat and attempt to assault her.

Pratt admitted to mutual petting, but when she put her arm around his shoulder, he then ceased and never laid a hand on her.

[25][26] He also told the court that he had heard a couple days before the incident that his political enemies were "out to get him" and would trap him by planting a woman in his car.

During his first year on the commission, Pratt fought with fellow commissioners Frederick Butler and James D. Bentley.

He felt that Butler kept all of the patronage and made all of the major appointments himself "aided and abetted by his own political appointee, Bentley".

[34] To address this, Pratt filed a bill with the state legislature that would have extended civil service to county employees.