Ralph Chandler Harrison (October 22, 1833 – July 18, 1918) was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from December 20, 1890, to January 5, 1903.

[6][7][8] In August 1890, Harrison won the nomination of the Republican Party for Supreme Court justice, and was elected to a 12-year term.

[11][12][13] In December 1903, Harrison was named a commissioner of the California Supreme Court, replacing John Haynes.

[14][15] In 1905, when the new Court of Appeal was established, Governor George Pardee named Harrison as the Presiding Justice of the First District.

In October 1917, Harrison and his wife (Ella Spencer Reid) visited Carmel-by-the-Sea and stayed at the La Playa Hotel for a few weeks.

During this visit they bought the block between Camino Real and Casanova Street, south of Ninth Avenue.