Christopher Columbus Bowen (January 5, 1832 – June 23, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1832, Bowen attended the public schools.

Upon the readmission of South Carolina to the Union in 1868, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and served from July 20, 1868, to March 3, 1871.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress, being defeated by Robert De Large, a Republican He challenged the victory by De Large, but the Election Committee took a long time to rule in the case.

He served as a member of The South Carolina House of Representatives from 1871 to 1872, and was elected sheriff of Charleston in November 1872.