Charles Anthony Roxborough III (November 25, 1888 – October 8, 1963) was the first African-American man elected to the Michigan Senate.

[1][2] The senior Charles, a native of Cleveland, Ohio was of European and African descent and was born free.

He became prominent in law and politics in New Orleans, where he met and married Virginia Simms, also of Creole European and African descent, in 1886.

The younger Charles was one of four children born to the couple, including Thomas Simms (1889-1920), John Walter (1892-1975), and Claude (1893-1955).

[2] Roxborough married three times, to Cassandra Pease of Hamilton, Ontario in 1913, Charlotte "Lottie" Grady in 1919,[1] and Hazel A. Lyman, an official at Detroit Recorder’s Court, in 1944.