United Kingdom •
Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), English shipowner, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) •
Charles Wilson (Conservative politician) (1859–1930), British politician; MP for Leeds Central •
Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (1875–1924), British politician; MP for Hull West
United States •
Charles Burnett Wilson (1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii •
Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors •
Malcolm Wilson (politician) (Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York •
Charles H. Wilson (1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman •
Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) (1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator •
Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) (1943–2013), U.S. Congressman, previously State Representative, then State Senator •
Charles R. Wilson (judge) (born 1954), American federal judge •
Charles Wilson (Vermont politician), state legislator in Vermont
Elsewhere •
Charles Wilson (Quebec politician) (1808–1877), Canadian politician; senator and member of the Legislative Council of Quebec •
Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) (1841–1924), Canadian politician •
Charles Wilson (Australian politician) (1842–1926), member of the New South Wales Parliament •
Charles Wilson (librarian) (1857–1932), New Zealand politician; MP and parliamentary librarian •
Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician) (1862–1934), New Zealand Member of Parliament ==Military==