| Charles Gray | |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1807 |
| Birth Place: | Sherburne, New York |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Resting Place: | Graceland Cemetery |
| Residence: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Office: | Mayor of Chicago |
| Order: | 15th |
| Term Start: | March 7, 1853[1] |
| Term End: | March 15, 1854[2] |
| Predecessor: | Walter S. Gurnee |
| Successor: | Isaac Milliken |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Signature: | Signature of Charles McNeill Gray (1807–1885).png |
Charles McNeill Gray (June 13, 1807 – October 17, 1885) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853–1854). He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Charles McNeill Gray was born in Sherburne, New York on June 13, 1807.[3] [4] He arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834, and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen, a retail merchant. By 1844 he was a candle maker with his own shop. He subsequently worked as a manufacturer, contractor and railroad man.[5] He was elected mayor in 1853.
He died at his home in Chicago on October 17, 1885, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery.[3]