Charles Smith Bradley (July 19, 1819 – April 29, 1888) was a lawyer and legal scholar.

Choosing the legal profession, he attended Harvard Law School, and formed a business co-partnership with Charles Foster Tillinghast, Sr. on his being admitted to the bar in 1841.

In 1854 Bradley was elected by North Providence to the Senate of the State, where he was influential in securing the Act of Amnesty to all who were involved in the Dorr Rebellion of 1842.

In February 1866, he was elected Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, and for over two years, he held that high position.

He resigned to resume professional practice and give that attention to business affairs that the exacting nature of judicial duties precluded.