Politicians
- Richard Harrison (British Army officer) (1837–1931), British Quartermaster-General to the Forces and Inspector-General of Fortifications
- Richard Harrison (New Zealand politician) (1921–2003), former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Richard Harrison (Royalist) (1583–1655), English MP and cavalier
- Richard Harrison (died 1726) English MP for Lancaster
- Richard A. Harrison (1824–1904), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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