Charles Ready (December 22, 1802 – June 4, 1878) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 5th congressional district.

He attended the common schools and graduated from Greeneville College in Tennessee.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

[1] He was married to Martha Alvoid Strong on May 19, 1825 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

[5] He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress, and resumed the practice of law.