Charles Dustin Coffin (September 10, 1804 – February 28, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1837 to 1839.
He served as clerk of the courts of Columbiana County in 1828.
Congress
He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew W. Loomis and served from December 20, 1837, to March 3, 1839.
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1838.
Later career
He resumed the practice of law and engaged in banking.
He served as president of the Columbiana Bank of New Lisbon.
He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1842 and continued the practice of law.
Coffin was elected judge of the superior court in 1845 and served seven years.
He was appointed to the same position by Governor Denison in 1861.
