{{short description|American politician (1948–2023)}} {{distinguish|Dick Spring}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dick Springer | image = Dick Springer.png | image_size = 160px | caption = | office = Majority Leader of the Oregon Senate | term_start = 1993 | term_end = 1995 | predecessor = Bill Bradbury | successor = Brady L. Adams | office1 = Minority Leader of the Oregon Senate | term_start1 = 1995 | term_end1 = 1997 | predecessor1 = Gene Timms | successor1 = Clifford W. Trow | office3 = Member of the Oregon House of Representatives | term_start3 = 1981 | term_end3 = 1989 | predecessor3 = Jo Simpson | successor3 = Phil Keisling | constituency3 = 10th District (1981–1983)<br/> 12th District (1983–1989) | state_senate2 = Oregon | district2 = 6th | term_start2 = 1989 | term_end2 = 1997 | predecessor2 = Jan Wyers | successor2 = Ginny Burdick | majority = | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|1|25}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|4|9|1948|1|25}} | death_place = | profession = Lawyer | relations = | alma_mater = University of Oregon<br>Princeton University | spouse = | children = | website = | partner = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | battles = | allegiance = }}
'''Richard Samuel Springer''' (January 25, 1948 – April 9, 2023) was an American lawyer and politician, who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201101131436324/index.pdf|title=Oregon State Legislative Directory|publisher=library.state.or.us|date=13 January 2011|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref> While in the Oregon Senate, he served a stint as its majority leader.
Springer attended the University of Oregon and Princeton University. He served in the United States Navy in the Vietnam War.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmswcd.org/content.cfm/Who-We-Are/Staff|title=WMSWCD Staff : Richard S. Springer – District Manager|publisher=Wmswcd.org |accessdate=14 October 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020050332/http://www.wmswcd.org/content.cfm/Who-We-Are/Staff|archivedate=20 October 2014}}</ref> He was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Fleischman |first1=Harry |title=On The Left |journal=Democratic Left |date=January 1983 |volume=XI |issue=1 |page=14 |url=https://archive.org/details/democratic-left-volume-011-number-01/page/n13/mode/1up |access-date=3 August 2025}}</ref>
Springer was later the district manager for the West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District. He died from a heart attack on April 9, 2023, at the age of 75.<ref name="Sparling">{{cite web |last1=Sparling |first1=Zane |title=Dick Springer, environmentalist and former Oregon Senate majority leader, dies at 75 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/dick-springer-environmentalist-and-former-oregon-senate-majority-leader-dies-at-75/ar-AA19W9rX |website=MSN |date=April 16, 2023}}</ref>
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