Harold Donohue

Harold Donohue

Harold Daniel Donohue (born June 18, 1901 in Worcester , Massachusetts , †  November 4, 1984 ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1974 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harold Donohue attended St. John Preparatory School in Worcester until 1920 . After a subsequent law degree at Northeastern University and his license to practice law in 1925, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1927 and 1935 he sat on the local council in his hometown. During World War II , he served in the US Navy between 1941 and 1945 .

In the 1946 congressional election , Donohue was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Pehr G. Holmes on January 3, 1947 . After 13 re-elections, he was able to complete almost fourteen legislative terms in Congress until his resignation on December 31, 1974 . Since 1973 he has represented the third district of his state as the successor to Robert Drinan . During his time in Congress, the beginning of the Cold War , the Korean War , the Vietnam War and, domestically, the civil rights movement fell . In 1974, the Watergate affair also overshadowed the work of Congress. At that time he was a member of the Judiciary Committee.

In 1974, Harold Donohue declined to run again for Congress. He died on November 4, 1984 in Worcester, the city of his birth.

Web links

• Harold Donohue in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harold Donohue in the database of Find a Grave (English)