Charles Godfrey Gunther (April 7, 1822 – January 22, 1885) was mayor of New York City from 1864 until 1866.

Gunther was born in New York on April 7, 1822,[a] into a family of recent immigrants from Germany.

[1] Gunther was active in Tammany Hall politics since his teenage years.

[2] In 1861 he ran for mayor as a Democrat, but lost to Republican George Opdyke in an election fraught with Civil War complications.

[2] After leaving politics, Gunther became a railroad executive, working in that capacity until his death in New York on January 22, 1885.