Early Life and Career
Galvin was born in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts and educated in Boston public schools. He attended Boston College and graduated cum laude in 1972. He received a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1975. Galvin resides in Brighton with his wife, Eileen, and their teenage daughter, Bridget.
He began his political career in 1972 as an aide to the Massachusetts Governor's Council after graduating from Boston College, thanks to his connection with councilor Herbert Connolly, whom Galvin had campaigned for. Galvin worked part-time at the Council while attending Suffolk Law School full time. Galvin won a special election to the open seat in the Massachusetts General Court in 1975, after State Representative Michael Daly departed from office; the race had nine candidates. Galvin became as Massachusetts state representative from the Allston-Brighton district, the same year he graduated from law school. He was the Democratic nominee for Treasurer in 1990, but was defeated by Republican Joe Malone. He was first elected Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1994.
Galvin has been an active participant in the National Association of Secretaries of State, serving first as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Securities, then as Co-Chairman of the Committee on Presidential Primaries.
At one point during the administration of Gov. Mitt Romney and Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, Galvin became the Acting Governor of Massachusetts when both Romney and Healey were out of the state. During the administration of former Acting Governor Jane Swift, Galvin automatically became Acting Governor whenever Swift left the state, since there was no lieutenant governor in office at the time. When Swift gave birth to twins in 2001, she chose to keep full executive authority and did not hand over the governorship at any point to Galvin.
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