William J. Donohue

William J. Donohue (1906)

William J. Donohue (c. 1873 – January 31, 1907) was an American politician from New York.

Life

Donohue was born about 1873, and lived with a wife and two children at 132 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He was a friend of the local Democratic boss Patrick H. McCarren.

In November 1905, Donohue ran on the Municipal Ownership League ticket for the New York State Assembly, but was defeated.[1] In November 1906, he ran again, this time on the Democratic ticket, and was elected. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 14th D.) in 1907.[2]

One month into his term, on January 31, 1907, he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in Edward Lingers's saloon at 419 Oakland Street in Brooklyn.[3][4][5]

Sources

  1. Democratic nominees in The Standard Union, of Brooklyn, in October or November 1906
  2. Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 353)
  3. ASSEMBLYMAN A SUICIDE in the New York Times on February 1, 1907
  4. POLICE REJECT THEORY THAT DONOHUE MET WITH FOUL PLAY in The Standard Union, of Brooklyn, on February 1, 1907
  5. Assemblyman Donohue Buried in NYT on February 4, 1907
New York Assembly
Preceded by
George W. Kavanagh
New York State Assembly
Kings County, 14th District

1907
Succeeded by
James E. Fay
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