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Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. (born October 19, 1946) is an American Politician and the current Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina since November 2000.
Career
McElveen served on the Sumter City council from 1984 to 1986 until he was elected in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1986 to 1996. In November 2000, He was elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina. He announced in January 2020 he will not seek reelection in the November 2020 election.
Personal life
Born in Sumter in 1946, he graduated from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 1968. He later earned a law degree at the South Carolina, Law school in 1971. He served in the US Air Force until 1977, and received an honourable discharge. Mayor McElveen is married to Kathryn Watson McElveen since 1976, and they have two children together, named Thomas (1978) and Kate (1986).