Massachusetts Governor Leaves State House for Last Time Before Ceding Power
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Office of Governor Deval Patrick(BOSTON) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick walked alone out of the State House on Wednesday for the final time as the state’s governor, as his successor will take over on Thursday.
Patrick has held the office for two terms since becoming the state’s first African-American governor in 2006. On Wednesday night he tweeted a photo of his final gubernatorial exit, with a simple message for the state he’s served: “Thank you.”
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/6EdlRvBglw
— Deval Patrick (@DevalPatrick) January 7, 2015
Charlie Baker will take the office on Thursday. On Wednesday night, however, the current governor passed along four traditional gifts to the next governor — a pewter key that was once used to unlock the original governor’s office, a Bible owned by the first governor of Massachusetts, a gavel made from wood from the U.S.S. Constitution and two volumes of the state’s laws, according to the Boston Globe.
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