Charles Dickinson (attorney and duelist)

This article is about the 19th-century American attorney and duelist. For the 19th English novelist and social critic, see Charles Dickens.
For the writer, see Charles Dickinson (author). For the engineer and architect, see Charles Dickinson West.
Duel between Gen. Jackson and Charles Dickinson, Esq. woodcut from one of the 1828 Coffin Handbills (TSLA 42992)

Charles Dickinson (December 20, 1780 – May 30, 1806) was an American attorney and slave trader who was killed by Andrew Jackson in a duel. An expert marksman, Dickinson was shot in the chest by the future president due to a protracted disagreement which originated in an incident involving a horse which Jackson owned. Jackson himself was also wounded in the duel, but was able to recover.