Charles Randolph Thomas (February 7, 1827 – February 18, 1891), was a 19th Century American attorney and politician who served two terms as U.S. Congressional Representative from North Carolina during the Reconstruction era.
He attended a private school in Hillsboro, North Carolina (there was no public education).
He was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1849.
After the war, he was appointed by the Governor as president of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad in 1867.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for Republican renomination in 1874, losing to John A. Hyman, the first African American elected to Congress from the state.