Preceded by Alan Mackey Preceded by Office created Succeeded by Alan Mackey Succeeded by Charles Barry | Preceded by Clement A. Riley Name Richard McLaughlin Succeeded by Dave Lucey | |
Richard E. McLaughlin (December 10, 1915 – June 29, 1993) was a Massachusetts government official who served as Registrar of Motor Vehicles and Commissioner of Public Safety.
McLaughlin was appointed Registrar of Motor Vehicles in 1964 by Governor Endicott Peabody. In 1971, Francis W. Sargent appointed McLaughlin to the newly created post of Secretary of Public Safety. He was also a member of the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.
After a four-year absence during the Dukakis administration, McLaughlin returned as Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Edward J. King.
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