Brian J. Donnelly

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Brian Joseph Donnelly (born March 2, 1946) of Dorchester, Boston was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. He was a Democrat.

Donnelly attended private schools in Suffolk County. He graduated from Catholic Memorial High School, West Roxbury, in 1963. He received a B.S. from Boston University in 1970. He was a teacher and coach in the Boston public schools. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1973–1978, where he served as assistant majority leader in 1977–1978.

Donnelly was elected as a Democrat to the 96th and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979–January 3, 1993), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress.

In 1994, he was named U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.^[1] He served in this capacity until 1997.^[2] In 1998, he ran for Governor of Massachusetts, finishing third in the Democratic primary behind state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger and former State Senator Patricia McGovern.^[3]

[edit] References

• Brian Donnelly at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] References

1. ^ President Clinton Names Donnelly Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
2. ^ State Dept., Ambassadors to Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
3. ^ Massachusetts primary results — September 15, 1998. Retrieved on 2006-10-23.

Preceded by James A. Burke

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district 1979–1993

District eliminated after 1990 U.S. Census