Charles Hudson (November 14, 1795 – May 4, 1881) was an American minister, writer, historian and politician.

Hudson was ordained as a Universalist minister in 1819 and located in Westminster, where he served as pastor for 20 years.

Hudson lived in a large house on the town Common ("Battle Green"), about where the driveway of the Hancock Church is today.

Hudson served as a selectman of Lexington from 1868 to 1875,[1] and wrote a comprehensive history of the town, first published 1868.

[5] Hudson prepared congressional reports on the "Protective Policy," legislative reports on "Capital Punishment," "The Northeastern Boundary," and "The Incompetency of Witnesses on Account of Religious Belief," besides articles for periodicals and newspapers.