Gertrude Walton Donahey

Gertrude Walton Donahey (born August 4, 1908 in Goshen Township , Ohio , † July 11, 2004 in Bexley , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). She was Ohio's Treasurer of State from 1971 to 1983 .

Career

Gertrude Walton was born in Tuscarawas County in 1908 . Nothing is known about her youth. Walton studied law and then began practicing law after she was admitted. She was elected Treasurer of State of Ohio in 1970 and re-elected in 1974 and 1978. She was the first woman to hold this post. She was also the second woman to hold a post as judge on the Ohio Supreme Court . The first wife was Florence Ellinwood Allen . Walton was married to John W. Donahey , who was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1959 to 1963 . The couple had at least one son named John W. Donahey, Jr. Her father-in-law was A. Victor Donahey , Governor of Ohio and a member of the US Senate . She died at the age of 95 in Bexley, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.

literature

Byberry Waltons , Volume 2, Anundsen Publishing Company, 1989

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gertrude Walton Donahey in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Paul Anthony Theis and Edmund Lee Henshaw: Who's Who in American Politics , Volume 2, Bowker, 1991, p. 1288
↑ Journal of the Senate , 1967, p. 253
^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio , Volume 132, 1967, p. 322

personal data
SURNAME	Donahey, Gertrude Walton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walton, Gertrude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	4th August 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goshen Township , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	July 11, 2004
Place of death	Bexley , Ohio

[FAG-1] Gertrude Walton Donahey in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 20, 2015.

[2] Paul Anthony Theis and Edmund Lee Henshaw: Who's Who in American Politics , Volume 2, Bowker, 1991, p. 1288

[3] Journal of the Senate , 1967, p. 253

[4] Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio , Volume 132, 1967, p. 322