Charles Pembroke Nelson (July 2, 1907 – June 8, 1962) was an American politician and a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine.

He graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, Maine, and from Colby College in Waterville.

Nelson entered the military service in 1942 as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.

He served in the armed forces until discharge in 1946 as a lieutenant colonel with two years of service in the European Theater of Operations.

He was also chief trial attorney of the State highway commission in 1959, and moderator of the town of West Bath 1960.