Richard Henry Gillespie Cunningham III (c. 1944 – 2021) was an American lawyer and politician.
Cunningham graduated from Stamford High School in 1962, earned a Bachelor of Science in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967, alongside a minor in mechanical engineering.
Between 1971 and 1977, Cunningham was a reservist in the United States Army, assigned to the 399th Civil Affairs Group with the rank of captain.
[1] He won election to the Connecticut Senate as a Republican in 1978, defeating 27th district incumbent William Strada.
[4] The next year, Cunningham defeated incumbent Paul Esposito in a Connecticut House of Representatives election for the 148th district.