Charles Langmaid Cragin III[6] (born October 9, 1943) is an American attorney and politician from Maine.

In 2020,Cragin wrote of his experiences as a young Sailor aboard USNS Sergeant Joseph T. Muller (T-AG-171), an electronic intelligence ship, whose mission had previously been classified Top Secret code word UMBRA.

[5] While at the Pentagon, he participated in a number of special investigations including the identification of the remains interred in the Vietnam Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery[18] and a bi-lateral investigation with the Republic of Korea regarding alleged events in July 1950 at No Gun Ri.

[19] On behalf of Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen, Cragin broke down barriers to the integration of active and reserve forces including the transition of Guard and Reserve ID cards to match those carried by active duty servicemembers.

[21] After retiring from federal service in 2001, he became a partner in the Washington, DC office of Blank Rome, LLP.

[5] In 2003 he joined System Planning Corporation (SPC) of Arlington, Virginia as its Senior Vice President for National Intelligence, Security and Response.

Cragin expressed concerns about potential conflicts of interest as a result of his law firm's extensive legal practice across Maine.

The Maine Legislature requested an opinion from the Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court seeking to clarify whether Cragin's association with the law firm, Verrill Dana, LLP, would pose any legal issues if he were elected Attorney General.