<P> 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 , and was re-elected in 2010 . He is the only African American to have served as governor of Massachusetts . A member of the Democratic Party , Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division under President Bill Clinton . </P>
<P> 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 , and was re-elected in 2010 . He is the only African American to have served as governor of Massachusetts . A member of the Democratic Party , Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division under President Bill Clinton . </P>
who was the governor of massachusetts in 2013
who was the governor of massachusetts in 2013
Deval Laurdine Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrick