Charles Philip Snyder (June 9, 1847 – August 21, 1915) was an American lawyer, judge and Democratic politician from West Virginia, who represented West Virginia's 3rd congressional district during the 48th, 49th, and 50th United States Congresses.

He was elected in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John E. Kenna.

He served as a judge on the criminal court of Kanawha County from 1890 to 1896, and as United States consul to Ciudad Porfirio Diaz (now Piedras Negras), Mexico, from 1897 to 1901.

He died in Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey on August 21, 1915, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston, West Virginia.

His son and namesake was United States Navy Admiral Charles P. Snyder.