Charles Franklin Mitchell (February 18, 1806 – September 27, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from New York in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses.
[6] He settled in Lockport, New York, in 1828 or 1829, operated a successful grain milling business, and was appointed to the volunteer fire department in 1829.
[7][8] He was also active in other business ventures, including the Batavia and Lockport Railroad[9] and the Niagara Suspension Bridge Bank.
[18][19] During his second term, Mitchell was accused of not devoting his full attention to the business of Congress, and of not spending time in his district.
[28] Later in the war Mitchell was part of a delegation that lobbied Secretary of State William H. Seward for the release of individuals from the Flemingsburg area who were being held prisoner for suspected Confederate sympathies, with Mitchell taking part because he was personally acquainted with Seward from their time as Whig politicians in New York.