Legal and Political Figures
- Charles Davis (warden), American warden of Sing Sing
- Charles Davis (Australian politician) (1884–1959), South Australian politician
- Charles Russell Davis (1849–1930), U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- Charles B. Davis (1877–1943), U.S. federal judge
- Charles H. Davis (judge) (1906–1976), Illinois Supreme Court and Illinois Appellate Court Justice
- Greg Davis (Mississippi politician) (born 1966), full name Charles G. Davis, mayor of Southaven, Mississippi
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