Richard Riley
Richard Riley
Richard Wilson Rileyis an American politician, the United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and the 111th Governor of South Carolina. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Riley is the only Democrat to serve two consecutive terms as Governor in the time since the state constitution was amended to allow Governors to serve consecutive terms...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 January 1933
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