Charles Gilpin (November 17, 1809 - October 29, 1891) was an American attorney and politician.

He studied at the Germantown Academy and read law under the tutelage of Joseph Ingersoll.

[1] He ran for mayor in 1849 as a member of the Whig party;[2] but lost by a 65-vote margin to Joel Jones.

[5] In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln nominated him as a United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and he served in that role for four years.

[1] He was one of the founders of the Olympic Base Ball Club which played their games in Camden, New Jersey across the river from Philadelphia.