- Jerome F. Donovan
Infobox_Congressman
name=Jerome F. Donovan
state=New York
district=21st
term=March 5 1918 -March 3 1921
preceded=G. Murray Hulbert
succeeded=Martin C. Ansorge
date of birth=birth date|1872|2|1|mf=y
place of birth=New Haven, Connecticut
date of death=death date and age|1949|11|2|1872|2|1|mf=y
place of death=Stony Creek, Connecticut
spouse=
profession=
religion=
party=Democrat|Jerome Francis Donovan (
February 1 1872 -November 2 1949 ) was aUnited States Representative fromNew York .Donovan was born in New Haven,
Connecticut onFebruary 1 1872 . He attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department ofYale University in 1894; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New Haven; captain of Company C, Second Regiment of theConnecticut Army National Guard , 1897 - 1903; member of the State assembly 1901 - 1903; auditor of the city of New Haven 1902 - 1904; secretary of the New Haven civil service commission 1904 - 1906; moved toNew York City in 1910 and was admitted to the New York State bar the same year; special deputy attorney general of New York State 1911 - 1913; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofG. Murray Hulbert ; reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress and served fromMarch 5 1918 , toMarch 3 1921 ; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; served as deputy attorney general in charge of the legal work of the New York State Labor Department in 1923 and 1924; resumed the practice of law in New York City until his retirement in 1936; moved to Stony Creek, Conn., where he died onNovember 2 1949 ; interment in St. Bernard’s Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.External links
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