F. Joseph Donohue

F. Joseph Donohue (born January 15, 1900 in Pennsylvania , † April 4, 1978 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . In 1952 and 1953 he served as President of the Board of Commissioners Mayor of Washington, DC, the federal capital

The sources do not give much information about the life of F. Joseph Donohue. His life data are in the dark. The list of chairmen of the federal capital's board of commissioners states that he was born in Pennsylvania. He must have lived in Washington DC at least for a while. Professionally he was a lawyer and politically he belonged to the Democratic Party . In 1952, 1960 and 1964 he took part as a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In 1952, Donohue became a member of the three-person Board of Commissioners that governed the city of Washington. Within this group he was appointed chairman. In this capacity he practically exercised the office of mayor, even if this title was not officially used between 1871 and 1975. He held this post between 1952 and 1953. After the end of his time as head of the Board of Commissioners of Washington, he practiced again as a lawyer.

literature

• Jean R. Hailey: F. Joseph Donohue, 78, Dies, in: The Washington Post , Washington Post Co., Washington, DC, April 5, 1978

Web links

• The Political Graveyard
• Donohue on the list of Presidents of the Boards of Commissioners

• F. Joseph Donohue in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ United States v. Parrott, 248 F. Supp. 196 (DC 1965)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

predecessor	Office	successor
John Russell Young	President of the Board of Commissioners, Washington DC 1952–1953	Samuel Spencer