<Tr> <Th> Education </Th> <Td> Harvard University (BA, JD) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <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> Born to and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in 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 . </P>

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