Charles Rich (U.S. representative)

Charles Rich (September 13, 1771 – October 15, 1824) was an American lawyer and politician.

He served as a Democratic-Republican United States representative from Vermont.

He moved to Shoreham in the Vermont Republic in 1787, and worked on the family farm.

[3] Rich died in Shoreham, Vermont, and is interred in the family vault on his farm there.

[4] Rich married Molly Watts in 1791, and they had the following children: Charles Rich Jr. served on the Michigan Board of Agriculture, as a county court judge, and in other offices.