Charles Raper Jonas (December 9, 1904 – September 28, 1988) was a U.S. representative from North Carolina for ten terms (1953-1973). At the time of his election in 1952, he became the first Republican to represent his state in either house of the U.S. Congress since his own father, Charles A. Jonas, and George M. Pritchard left office in 1931.
Jonas attended the University of North Carolina, where he founded the school's College Republicans chapter in 1927.
Jonas lived most of his life in Lincolnton, North Carolina. The public library in Lincolnton, North Carolina is named in his honor. There is also a federal building in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a section of North Carolina Highway 27 named after him. Highway 27 connects Charlotte to cities to its north including Jonas's hometown of Lincolnton. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.