John Tecklenburg | |
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61st Mayor of Charleston | |
In office January 11, 2016 – January 8, 2024 [1] | |
Preceded by | Joseph P. Riley Jr. |
Succeeded by | William S. Cogswell Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1955 (age 68) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Sandy Tecklenburg |
Children | 5 |
Education |
Georgetown University (
BS) Berklee College of Music |
John J. Tecklenburg (born September 1955) [2] is an American businessman and politician. [3] [4] He served two terms as mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, [5] sworn in on January 11, 2016. [6] Tecklenburg was defeated in 2023 by former state legislator William S. Cogswell Jr. [7] He became the first mayor of Charleston to lose a reelection campaign since 1959.
Tecklenburg is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. He graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and later studied jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. [8] [9]
Tecklenburg was Charleston's director of economic development from 1995 to 1999. [10] [11] He is a commercial realtor. [12] [13] [14]
Tecklenburg ran for mayor of Charleston and won against Leon Stavrinakis on November 17, 2015. [15] [16] Tecklenburg was preceded by Joe Riley who was mayor of Charleston for 40 years.
In June 2020, in the wake of widespread protests against racism, Mayor Tecklenburg announced a decision to remove a statue of John C. Calhoun, a prominent South Carolinian defender of slavery, from a prominent public space in Charleston, in Marion Square. [17]
Tecklenburg and his wife Sandy have five children and five grandchildren. [18] [19]
In May 2018, Tecklenburg was removed from being a conservator for an elderly woman. Tecklenburg had used his ward's funds to make unsecured loans to himself and his wife totaling $80,000. He had not sought the court's approval as required by law. [20]
Tecklenburg works in commercial real estate and was city economic development director for six years in the late 1990s.
John Tecklenburg | |
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![]() | |
61st Mayor of Charleston | |
In office January 11, 2016 – January 8, 2024 [1] | |
Preceded by | Joseph P. Riley Jr. |
Succeeded by | William S. Cogswell Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1955 (age 68) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Sandy Tecklenburg |
Children | 5 |
Education |
Georgetown University (
BS) Berklee College of Music |
John J. Tecklenburg (born September 1955) [2] is an American businessman and politician. [3] [4] He served two terms as mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, [5] sworn in on January 11, 2016. [6] Tecklenburg was defeated in 2023 by former state legislator William S. Cogswell Jr. [7] He became the first mayor of Charleston to lose a reelection campaign since 1959.
Tecklenburg is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. He graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and later studied jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. [8] [9]
Tecklenburg was Charleston's director of economic development from 1995 to 1999. [10] [11] He is a commercial realtor. [12] [13] [14]
Tecklenburg ran for mayor of Charleston and won against Leon Stavrinakis on November 17, 2015. [15] [16] Tecklenburg was preceded by Joe Riley who was mayor of Charleston for 40 years.
In June 2020, in the wake of widespread protests against racism, Mayor Tecklenburg announced a decision to remove a statue of John C. Calhoun, a prominent South Carolinian defender of slavery, from a prominent public space in Charleston, in Marion Square. [17]
Tecklenburg and his wife Sandy have five children and five grandchildren. [18] [19]
In May 2018, Tecklenburg was removed from being a conservator for an elderly woman. Tecklenburg had used his ward's funds to make unsecured loans to himself and his wife totaling $80,000. He had not sought the court's approval as required by law. [20]
Tecklenburg works in commercial real estate and was city economic development director for six years in the late 1990s.