14 Facts About Richard Vinroot

Richard A Vinroot was born on April 14,1941 and is an American politician and attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Richard Vinroot served as the 52nd Mayor of Charlotte from 1991 to 1995.

The son of a Swedish immigrant, Richard Vinroot was raised in Mecklenburg County schools becoming student body president at East Mecklenburg High School, where he graduated from in 1959.

Richard Vinroot was a high school athlete in three sports and captained the basketball and football teams.

Richard Vinroot won a Morehead Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1963 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1966.

Richard Vinroot served as class president in his junior and senior years.

Richard Vinroot married his wife Judy Richard Vinroot, whom he met while both were students at University of North Carolina.

Richard Vinroot was a member of the Charlotte City Council from 1983 to 1991 and served as mayor of Charlotte from 1991 to 1995.

Richard Vinroot created the state's first "drug court" to speed prosecutions.

Richard Vinroot decided against running for a third term in order to focus full-time on his first run for North Carolina governor in 1996.

Richard Vinroot lost in a close primary to then-state representative Robin Hayes of Kannapolis.

Richard Vinroot faced North Carolina's attorney general, Mike Easley, in a bitterly contested election.

In 2004, Richard Vinroot attempted a third run for governor, but never made it past the Republican primary.

Richard Vinroot was appointed to the search committee for the next chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012.