Joseph Aloysius Doorley Jr. (October 12, 1930 – July 31, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 1965 to 1975.

[3][2] Doorley came into the mayorship after Rhode Island's Democratic political machine broke with mayor Walter H. Reynolds and put its support behind the young councilman and lawyer.

[4] Many large downtown department stores closed, and urban renewal money from President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program eventually ran out.

Ironically, after the Civic Center was built a few years later, Doorley needed to encourage rock concerts to come to Providence.

[3] After voters refused a statewide bond issue in 1968 to pay for a civic center, Doorley pushed for a special referendum in Providence in 1969, which passed.

Many of the dissatisfied anti-Doorley Democrats defected to support Republican Cianci, helping him win the 1974 mayoral election.

[4] Later in life, Doorley moved to Pompano Beach, Florida, but subsequently returned to Rhode Island, living in Narragansett.

[8][1] June 11, 2012, was declared "Joe Doorley Day" by the Rhode Island General Assembly[2] and a municipal complex at 444 Westminster Street was named in his honor.