Martha Coakley

Martha Coakley earns my respect as someone who built her career inside the unglamorous machinery of law and public service. Raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, educated at Williams College, she climbed from Middlesex County District Attorney to Attorney General of the Commonwealth. Born in 1953, she advanced through a era when women still had to push twice as hard for public office. Politics can be a brutal scorecard, but the weight of front-line prosecution is real and lasting. I tend to admire public figures who can be measured by substance rather than slogans, and she fits that mold.

Name (English)

Martha Coakley

Name (Japanese)

マーサ・コークリー

Reading

まーさ・こーくりー

Born

July 14, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

lawyer / politician

High school

Drury High School

University

Williams College

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Tags

• Massachusetts
• lawyer
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-23

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