Charles Matthews (October 15, 1856 – December 12, 1932) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

[1][2] Charles Matthews was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1856, and was employed by a rolling mill as a roll turner while attending night school.

[3][4] A delegate to the Republican State convention in 1886, he was a member of the city council from 1887 to 1893, and sheriff of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1897 to 1900.

[6] Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912, and resumed his work in banking.

[9] Matthews died in New Castle on December 12, 1932, and was interred in the Graceland Cemetery.