Charles Benjamin Cox (June 25, 1810 – April 27, 1891) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the vast northwest quadrant of the state during the 1860 and 1861 legislative sessions.
He apprenticed as a miller and learned the trade, then worked for seventeen years in Ohio before moving to Wisconsin.
[5] He did not run for re-election in 1861, but ran for Wisconsin State Assembly in 1862, winning election in the district that comprised just Pierce and St. Croix counties.
Charles Cox married Margaret Lockard in 1836, at Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio.