| Charles Francis McCarthy | |
| Office: | Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 5th Middlesex district |
| Term Start: | 1912 |
| Term End: | 1913 |
| Predecessor: | Roger Sherman Hoar |
| Office1: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 9th Middlesex district |
| Term Start1: | 1908 |
| Term End1: | 1910 |
| Office2: | 18th Mayor of Marlborough |
| Term Start2: | 1918 |
| Term End2: | 1920 |
| Predecessor2: | William T. Pine |
| Successor2: | Andrew Patrick Sullivan |
| Birth Date: | August 15, 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Marlborough, Massachusetts |
| Death Date: | February 13, 1938 (aged 62)[1] |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Profession: | Journalist |
| Residence: | 64 Florence Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Branch: | Company F, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment |
| Serviceyears: | May 18, 1898—January 21, 1899 |
| Battles: | Spanish–American War Puerto Rico |
Charles Francis McCarthy (August 15, 1876 – February 13, 1938) was an American newspaper reporter and politician who served in the Massachusetts Great and General Court and as the eighteenth Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.
McCarthy served from May 18, 1898 – January 21, 1899 in Company F., Sixth Massachusetts Regiment during the Spanish–American War, attaining the rank of corporal. McCarthy was deployed along with his regiment to Puerto Rico where they disembarked on July 25, 1898. McCarthy was mustered out of service on January 21, 1899.
McCarthy served as a Democrat to represent Marlborough in the Ninth Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. While in the House, McCarthy served on the Mercantile Affairs Committee.
McCarthy served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1912 to 1914.
In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved the calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, McCarthy was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 9th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. McCarthy served on the Convention's committee on Military Affairs.
McCarthy is reported as having made a Memorial Day address at the Town Hall on May 29, 1933.[2]