Charles Francis McCarthy (August 15, 1876 – February 13, 1938) was an American newspaper reporter[7] and politician who served in the Massachusetts Great and General Court[8] and as the eighteenth Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

McCarthy served from May 18, 1898 – January 21, 1899 in Company F., Sixth Massachusetts Regiment during the Spanish–American War, attaining the rank of corporal.

McCarthy was deployed along with his regiment to Puerto Rico[5] where they disembarked on July 25, 1898.

[2] In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved the calling of a Constitutional Convention.

[2][6] McCarthy is reported as having made a Memorial Day address at the Town Hall on May 29, 1933.