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For the sports coach, see Mike Donahue.
Michael Donohoe (February 22, 1864 – January 17, 1958) of Philadelphia was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1915. He was an Irish Catholic Democrat.
Michael Donohoe was born in Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland. He attended the schools of Ireland and a private classical school, and taught as principal of a national school from January 1885 until October 1886. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 8, 1886. He worked as a real-estate broker, and engaged in banking and in the manufacture of glassware.
Donohoe was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was a candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1931 He also served as director of Northwestern General Hospital from 1893 to 1943, and as a trustee of Temple University. He was the real-estate assessor for the city of Philadelphia from April 15, 1919, to March 31, 1946, when he retired. He died in Philadelphia in 1958, and is buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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United States House of Representatives Preceded by
William W. FoulkrodMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
1911 - 1915Succeeded by
Peter E. CostelloCategories:- 1864 births
- 1958 deaths
- American people of Irish descent
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- People from County Cavan
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
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