Chicago (1955–1976) Richard M. Daley (born 1942), American politician, Illinois state senator (1972–1980) and Mayor of Chicago (1989–2011) Richard Darman (1943–2008), American politician, White House Staff Secretary (1981–1985), Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1985–1987) and OMB Director (1989–1993) Dick Durbin (born 1944), American politician, US senator from Illinois (1997–present), Democratic Senate Whip (2005–present) Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779), British politician and associate and brother-in-law of William Pitt Richard J. Gordon (born 1945) Filipino politician and broadcaster Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, British nobleman and politician Richard Hatfield (1931–1991), Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick (1970–1987) Richard Helms (1913–2002), American government official, Director of Central Intelligence (1966–1973), US Ambassador to Iran (1973–1977) Junius Richard Jayewardene (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989 Richard Johnson (judge) (1937–2019), Irish jurist, President of the Irish High Court (2006–2009) Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (1641–1712), Irish peer, and politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland Richard Charles Kannangara (1920-1946), Sri Lankan Sinhala representative in the State Council of Ceylon for Morawaka Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817) Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor Richard Lugar (1932–2019), American politician, US Senator from Indiana (1977–2011) Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850), American politician, US Congressman from Kentucky (1807–19 and 1829–33), US Senator from Kentucky (1819–1829) and Vice President (1837–41) Dick Murphy, (born 1942) American politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of San Diego, California Richard L. Murphy (1875–1936), Democratic US Senator from Iowa Richard W. Murphy (born 1929), American diplomat and career member of the foreign service Richard Nixon (1913–1994), American politician, President of the United States (1969–1974) and Vice President (1953–1961) Richard Pathirana (1938-2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and educationist Richard Pelpola (1898-1971), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Richard Perle (born 1941), American government official and foreign policy specialist, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs 1981–1987 Richard F. Pettigrew (1848–1926), American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer Richard Abusua-Yedom Quarshie, Ghanaian businessman and diplomat Richard Rush (1780–1859), American politician, US Attorney General (1814–1817) and Secretary of the Treasury (1825–1829) Richard "Rick" Santorum, American politician, attorney and political commentator Rick Scott (born 1952), American politician, US Senator from Florida (2019–present), Governor of Florida (2011–2019) Richard Seddon (1845–1906), New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893–1906) Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (1911-1970), Sri Lankan Sinhala Cabinet Minister Richard Shelby (born 1934), American politician, US Senator from Alabama (1987–present) Richard Stockton