William J. Donohue

William J. Donohue (c. 1873 – January 31, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York City) was an American politician from New York.

Life

Donohue lived with a wife and two children at 132 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He was a friend of the local Democratic boss Patrick H. McCarren.

Donohue was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 14th D.) in 1907. One month into his term, on January 31, 1907, he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in Edward Lingers's saloon at 419 Oakland Street in Brooklyn.

Sources

• Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 353)
• ASSEMBLYMAN A SUICIDE in NYT on February 1, 1907
• POLICE REJECT THEORY THAT DONOHUE MET WITH FOUL PLAY in The Standard Union, of Brooklyn, on February 1, 1907
• Assemblyman Donohue Buried in NYT on February 4, 1907