Charles Langmaid Cragin III[6] (born October 9, 1943) is an American politician from Maine. He was the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in 1982, losing in a landslide to Democratic incumbent Gov. Joseph E. Brennan. Afterwards, Cragin was a Republican National Committee member from Maine from 1983 to 1990,[7] and as acting U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 2000.[8]
Cragin also was the first Senate-confirmed chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs.[9]
- ^ The United States Government Manual (1997-1998)
- ^ a b c Nomination of Charles L. Cragin : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on the nomination of Charles L. Cragin to be chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, February 19, 1991, page 16
- ^ The Honorable Charles L. Cragin
- ^ Nomination of Charles L. Cragin : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on the nomination of Charles L. Cragin to be chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, February 19, 1991, pages 16-23
- ^ Veterans Affairs Official's bios
- ^ University of Maine in Portland and University of Maine School of Law Commencement Program 1970
- ^ "Maine Street Solutions Senior Government Affairs Counselor". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES" (PDF). U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "PN9-3 — Charles L. Cragin — Department of Veterans Affairs". 102nd United States Congress. 28 February 1991. Retrieved 15 November 2017.