Charles Tillinghast James

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Charles Tillinghast James (September 15, 1805 – October 17, 1862) was a United States Democratic Senator from the state of Rhode Island from 1851 to 1857.

He was born in West Greenwich, Rhode Island.

James died of wounds that he received from the explosion of a cannon shell of his own manufacture, with which he was experimenting, at Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.

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Preceded by
Albert C. Greene		 United States Senator (Class 1) from Rhode Island
1851–1857
Served alongside: John H. Clarke, Philip Allen		 Succeeded by
James F. Simmons
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