Joseph P. Riley Jr.

Joseph P. Riley, Jr. is an American politician. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1943, graduated from The Citadel in 1964, and the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1967. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1968-1974. First elected Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina in December 1975, as of September 2005 he is serving an unprecedented eighth term. He's also known as perhaps America's greatest mayor, championing an urban revival in his 30-plus years an office that is unmatched. This is true in our time, certainly, and perhaps in the time of the world as well.