Rawghlie Clement Stanford (August 2, 1879 – December 15, 1963) was an American judge and politician who served as the fifth governor of Arizona from 1937 to 1939.

Stanford served on the Board of Education for Phoenix Union High School from 1920 to 1936, and was chairman of the State Democratic Central Committee from 1928 to 1929.

Stanford's first foray into statewide politics came in 1920,[1] when he ran against incumbent Senate Marcus A. Smith in the Democratic Primary.

In 1936 Stanford finally won a primary, defeating incumbent Governor Moeur by a decisive twelve percent of the vote.

[3] After a brief period in private law practice, he defeated Alfred C. Lockwood for a seat on the Arizona Supreme Court in 1943.

He was one of two men to serve as both Governor and chief justice of Arizona, the other being fellow Democrat Ernest McFarland.

Stanford homesteaded and developed large tracts of land including a section north of the Arizona Canal and east of the Biltmore Hotel.