Deval Patrick

Quick Facts

Full Name	Deval Patrick
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1956(1956-07-31)
Age	68
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Cancer

Deval Patrick Biography

Deval Patrick is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 31, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Polittician and Democrat who was elected governor of the state for the first time in 71 years Massachusetts in the year 2007. He was earlier appointed by Politician and Democrat who became the 71st Governor of Massachusetts in 2007. He was previously appointed by Bill Clinton to be Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, where he served from 1994 to 1997. He is the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts. to be Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division, where the position was held from 1994 until 1997. He was the first African-American governor of Massachusetts.

Both he and He and Newt Gingrich both served in the cabinets of President Bill Clinton. Gingrich was Clinton’s Speaker of the House. both worked in the cabinet under the president Bill Clinton. Gingrich was Clinton’s Speaker of House.

Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts, from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He was the first African American Governor of Massachusetts. A Democrat, Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

While Patrick was in middle school, one of his teachers referred him to A Better Chance, a national non-profit organization for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders among academically gifted minority students, which enabled him to attend Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. Patrick graduated from Milton Academy in 1974 and went on to attend college, the first in his family. He graduated from Harvard College, where he was a member of the Fly Club, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in English and American literature, in 1978. He then spent a year working with the United Nations in Africa. In 1979, Patrick returned to the United States and enrolled at Harvard Law School. While in law school, Patrick was elected president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, where he first worked defending poor families in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. At Harvard, Patrick won “Best Oralist” in the prestigious Ames Moot Court Competition, in 1981.

There are two children along with his wife Diane who is a lawyer.

Deval Patrick Net Worth

Deval Patrick is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Deval Patrick 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The graduate graduated at Harvard College with the Bachelor of Arts Cum laude with a major in English in 1978. He also graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American literature in 1978 , before receiving a law degree at Harvard’s Law school, four years afterward.

He was employed by Hill & Barlow on high prominent cases, such as the civil lawsuit filed with He worked at Hill & Barlow on high profile cases such as a civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson..

Patrick was born on July 31, 1956 in the South Side of Chicago, where his family resided in a two-bedroom apartment in the Robert Taylor Homes’ housing projects. Patrick is the son of Emily Mae (née Wintersmith) and Pat Patrick, a jazz musician in Sun Ra’s band. In 1959, Patrick’s father abandoned their family in order to play music in New York City, and because he had fathered a daughter, La’Shon Anthony, by another woman. Deval reportedly had a strained relationship with his father, who opposed his choice of high school, but they eventually reconciled. Patrick was raised by his mother, who traces her roots to American slaves in Kentucky. The family spent many months living on welfare.

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Who is Deval Patrick Dating?

According to our records, Deval Patrick married to Diane Patrick. As of December 1, 2023, Deval Patrick’s is not dating anyone.

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Raised largely by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner at age 34. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.

Facts & Trivia

Deval Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Deval Patrick celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.

In 1997, Patrick returned to Boston to join the firm of Day, Berry & Howard (later called Day Pitney LLP), and was appointed by the federal district court to serve as Chairman of Texaco’s Equality and Fairness Task Force to oversee implementation of the terms of a race discrimination settlement. Working with employees at all levels, Patrick and his Task Force examined and reformed Texaco’s complex corporate employment culture, and created a model for fostering an equitable workplace.

What did Deval Patrick do for Massachusetts?

During his governorship, Patrick oversaw the implementation of the state’s 2006 health care reform program which had been enacted under Mitt Romney, increased funding to education and life sciences, won a federal Race to the Top education grant, passed an overhaul of governance of the state transportation function, …

How old is Deval Patrick?

65 years (July 31, 1956)

Who is the first governor of Massachusetts?

The Massachusetts Constitution was adopted in 1779, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts elected John Hancock as its first governor.

Who was the governor of Massachusetts before Charlie Baker?

Charlie Baker
Governor| Bill Weld Paul Cellucci
Preceded by| Mark E. Robinson
Succeeded by| Frederick Laskey
Secretary of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts

Who is governor of Massachusetts?

Charlie Baker (Republican Party)