Charles William Francis Henney (February 2, 1884 – November 16, 1969) was an American physician, surgeon, and Democratic politician from Portage, Wisconsin.

[1][2] In 1912, Henney moved to Portage, Wisconsin, where he started an independent medical practice and worked as a city health officer.

[1] Henney kept up a prolific private practice, performed surgeries around the state, and attended medical conferences around the country.

In 1927 he became chief of surgery at the Divine Savior's Hospital in Portage and that same year he was admitted to the American College of Surgeons.

[5] In 1932, he was one of two men from Portage invited to accompany Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt on a train to Saint Paul, Minnesota.

[7] In the Democratic primary, Henney defeated Bert Husting, a former University of Wisconsin football star, former Major League Baseball pitcher, and the brother of former U.S. senator Paul O.

[8] In the general election, the Wisconsin progressive faction threw their support behind Franklin Roosevelt and other Democratic candidates, in a major schism with the Republican Party.

[12] Henney remained active in Democratic politics through the 1930s and 40s, and was selected as a presidential elector in 1948, casting his vote for Harry Truman.