Coakley (Daniel) is born in South Boston.

Daniel Coakley attends elementary school, then works as a teamster, streetcar conductor, and then as a newspaper reporter. He studies law, becomes a lawyer, is elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Cambridge in 1892, and moves back to Boston in 1896. Subsequently called “The Knave of Boston,” by Francis Russell, Coakley becomes involved in the notorious Mishawum Manor scandal in 1922.* He runs unsuccessfully for mayor of Boston in 1929, and serves on the Governor’s Council (1933-1941*). Coakley dies on September 18, 19532.