Terence Roberts

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Terence Roberts

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| office = Mayor of Anderson, South Carolina

| term_start = July 1, 2006

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| predecessor = Richard Shirley

| successor = Incumbent

| party = Democratic

| birth_date ={{birth based on age as of date |47|2007|6|30}}

| birth_place = Anderson SC

| education = B.A. Winthrop University

| profession = insurance, business owner

| residence = Anderson, South Carolina

| spouse = Natalie H Roberts

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Terence Roberts (born 1959/1960){{Cite news|first=Doug |last=Staley |authorlink= |title= Terence Roberts completes first-year as mayor |newspaper=Anderson Independent-Mail|date=June 20, 2007 |url= http://andersonindependent.com/news/2007/jun/30/Terence-Roberts-completes/ |accessdate=| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117054129/http://andersonindependent.com/news/2007/jun/30/Terence-Roberts-completes/| archive-date=January 17, 2013|quote=“She said ‘I thought I should call you first,’ “ said the mayor, 47,who admits he now pays closer to attention to sirens.}} is the current mayor of Anderson, South Carolina, the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina. Serving since July 1, 2006, he is the first African-American mayor of the city.

Biography

Terence Roberts was born on November 26, 1959 (aged 62). He was raised in Anderson and is a 1978 graduate of West Side High School in Anderson.{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Terence Roberts is named 2021 Distinguished Alumnus of Westside High School |website=Anderson School District Five website|date=2021 |url=https://www.anderson5.net/domain/8036 |accessdate=January 17, 2022}} He graduated with a B.A. in marketing from Winthrop University. After school he started his own insurance agency.

In 2006, he defeated 2-term incumbent mayor Richard Shirley by a vote of 2,219 to 1,887{{Cite news|first= Charmain|last= Smith-Miles |authorlink= |title=Former Anderson mayor says he won't run for elected office |newspaper=Anderson Independent-Mail|date=August 13, 2009 |url= https://archive.independentmail.com/news/local/former-anderson-mayor-says-he-wont-run-for-elected-office-ep-415067493-350202931.html/?bppw=absolutely&suppressAds=youbet}}{{Cite news|first=Anna |last= Simon|authorlink= |title= Roberts defeats Shirley in Anderson mayor's race |newspaper=The Greenville News|date=April 9, 2006 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92809798/the-greenville-news/ |accessdate=}} becoming the first Black mayor of the city.{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Anderson mayor released from hospital after aneurysm |newspaper=WRDW-TV|date= July 12, 2017|url=https://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Anderson-mayor-released-from-hospital-after-aneurysm-434082243.html| quote=Roberts has served as Anderson's mayor since 2006. He is the city's first black mayor.}}

He was certified as the winner of the April 8, 2018, election, as the only candidate for mayor, and automatically reelected for a fourth term, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022.{{cite press release |author=Katy Smith |date=February 21, 2014 |title=Anderson County Registration and Elections |url=http://www.cityofandersonsc.com/elections/unopposed-winners-declared.pdf |accessdate=July 1, 2014}}{{cite web |title=Elections |publisher=City of Anderson, SC |url=http://www.cityofandersonsc.com/elections/index.html |accessdate=July 1, 2014}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.cityofandersonsc.com/council/terence-roberts.html}}
[https://archive.today/20130117052646/http://andersonindependent.com/news/2007/feb/12/mayor-sets-course-2007/ Mayor sets the course for 2007] Doug Staley, Anderson Independent-Mail News, January 12, 2007, 'State of the City' address

Category:Living people

Category:Mayors of places in South Carolina

Category:African-American mayors in South Carolina

Category:African-American people in South Carolina politics

Category:Politicians from Anderson, South Carolina

Category:21st-century African-American people

Category:Winthrop University alumni

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)