Charles Lynch (8 August 1783-9 February 1853) was the Whig Governor of Mississippi from 12 June to 20 November 1833 (succeeding Abram M. Scott and preceding Hiram Runnels) and from 7 January 1836 to 8 January 1838 (succeeding John A. Quitman and preceding Alexander McNutt).
Biography[]
Charles Lynch was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1783, and he became a farmer in Sumter, South Carolina and Monticello, Mississippi. He served as a Democratic probate judge and state legislator before becoming a Whig in 1833 and serving as Governor in 1833 and from 1836 to 1838. He died in 1853.