Richard Carlisle Crawford is an American politician. He served as mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1986 to 1988. A Republican, he defeated independent Patty Eaton and 18 other candidates in the 1986 election for the mayor's chair.[2][3] He was defeated in 1988 for re-election by Rodger Randle.[4] He is an alumnus of Ohio State University.[5]