Charles McKinley Saltzman (18 October 1871 – 25 November 1942) was an American Major General.

Charles M. Saltzman was commissioned as a second lieutenant of cavalry from the United States Military Academy in 1896.

[2] Saltzman became signal officer in General Leonard Woods staff and participated in the US campaign during the Moro Rebellion in the Philippine–American War.

With the entry of the United States in World War I in 1918, Saltzman was transferred to the Division of Military Aeronautics.

US President Herbert Hoover nominated Charles M. Saltzman for the Federal Radio Commission, where he acted as chairman from 1930 to 1932.