Dwight Clinton Jones is the Mayor of Richmond, Virginia. Jones took office on January 1, 2009, and he was inaugurated for his second term on January 12, 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and was elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia on March 15, 2014. Jones was born in Philadelphia and moved to Richmond after attending Virginia Union University. He earned his Doctorate from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and his Master of Divinity and Bachelors of Science degree from Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. He is a Baptist and currently senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of South Richmond. Jones' first inauguration was held on January 10, 2009. Prior to that, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 70th District 1994?2008. Jones also served as a member of the Richmond City School Board in 1979 and again as chairman from 1982-1985. During Jones? term as Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, three new schools have been constructed; Broad Rock Elementary, Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. 

February 3rd, 1948 in Philadelphia (Age 76)