What is Joseph P. Riley Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name= Joseph P. Riley Jr. |image name=Joseph P. Riley, Jr. 2010.jpg |imagesize=210px |order=60th [[Mayor of Charleston]] |term_start=December 15, 1975 |term_end= January 11, 2016 |predecessor=[[Arthur B. Schirmer Jr.]] |successor=[[John Tecklenburg]] |office2=Member of the <br>[[South Carolina House of Representatives]] |term_start2=1968 |term_end2=1974 |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |birth_name=Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. |birth_date={{birth date and age|1943|1|19}} |birth_place= [[Charleston, South Carolina]], U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |profession= |spouse= Charlotte |children= Joe <br> Bratton |alma_mater= [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]] <br>[[University of South Carolina School of Law]] }} '''Joseph Patrick Riley Jr.''' (born January 19, 1943) is an American politician. He was the [[Mayor]] of [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. He was one of the longest serving mayors in the [[United States]], having been in office from December 15, 1975 to January 11, 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.charleston-sc.gov/dept/content.aspx?nid=495| title=City of Charleston Website – Biography on Riley Jr.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014152508/http://www.charleston-sc.gov/dept/content.aspx?nid=495| archive-date=2011-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Counts|first=Henry|title=Riley Promises Unification for City|journal=The News and Courier|date=December 16, 1975|volume=153|issue=250|page=1|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0oeUc68sgesC&dat=19751216&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=February 20, 2013|location=[[Charleston, SC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xKxVAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Riley,+Joseph+patrick%22|title=Legislative Manual - General Assembly of South Carolina|author=General Assembly South Carolina|year=1972}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Joseph}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American mayors]] [[Catego