Richard E. Wigley (October 23, 1918 – April 22, 1998) was an American politician and farmer.

Wigley was born in Judson Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. He graduated from the Mankato High School, in Mankato, Minnesota and went to the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Wigley lived with his wife and family on a grain farm in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. Wigley served on the Blue Earth County Commission and the Lake Crystal School Board. He also served on the Blue Earth County Sherriff's Civil Service Commission and was the chair. Wigley served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1971 to 1984. Wigley died suddenly while he was on his tractor at his farm in Lake Crystal, Minnesota.^[1][2]