Charles Taylor Doxey (July 13, 1841 – April 30, 1898) was an American Civil War veteran who served for just over six weeks as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in 1883.
He entered the service as first sergeant of Company A, Nineteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in July 1861.
He was promoted to second lieutenant, subsequently resigned, and then became captain of Company K, Sixteenth Indiana Infantry.
Post-war career
He engaged in the manufacture of staves and headings.
He served as member of the Indiana State Senate in 1876.
He served as member of the board of directors in the first natural-gas companies of Anderson.
Congress
Doxey was elected as a Republican[1] to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Godlove S. Orth and served from January 17 to March 3, 1883.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.
Later career and death
He resumed former business activities.
He died in Anderson, Indiana, April 30, 1898.
He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery.