Charles Augustus Dewey (March 13, 1793 – August 22, 1866) was a justice of theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1837 to 1866. He was appointed by GovernorEdward Everett.

He was elected to theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1823 and in 1825, and then in 1830 was elected to theMassachusetts Senate.

Dewey was born inWilliamstown, MA on March 13, 1793, son ofDaniel Dewey. He attendedWilliams College, graduating in 1811. After, he studied law withTheodore Sedgwick in Williamstown until 1826, when he moved toNorthampton, MA. He wasDistrict Attorney from 1830 to 1837, then a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court until his death in Northampton on August 22, 1866.^[1] He died fromdysentery.^[2]

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