[3] On July 22, 1926, Martin married Mildred Kindley, a native of Tyler, Texas, who graduated from Emerson College and worked as an elocution teacher.
[3] He returned to the Navy during World War II then served as a military aide to Governor Robert F. Bradford from 1946 to 1947.
[2] In 1956, Thompson was made a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court and Governor Christian Herter appointed Martin to succeed him.
[5] Martin ran for a full term, but was defeated by James O'Dea Jr., who became the first Democrat to hold the DA's office in Middlesex County since William J. Corcoran in 1917.
[6] In 1958, on the recommendation of Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Martin was appointed postmaster of the Boston Postal District.