(born 1933) Nationally known for an unsuccessful 1988 bid for the presidency, Michael S. Dukakis had a varied political career that spanned thirty years. A lawyer by training, Dukakis graduated with honors from Harvard University’s law school in 1960. In 1962 he won a seat in the Massachusetts state legislature. Other political posts he held ranged from Brooklyn, Massachusetts town meeting representative to governor of Massachusetts. As governor, he served three terms before winning the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. A Greek American, born in Brooklyn, Dukakis and Andrew Jackson are the only two presidential nominees whose parents were both immigrants.