Background
Donohue was born in Worcester, Massachusetts June 18, 1901 graduated from Saint John"s High School in 1920 and from Northeastern University School of Law in 1925.
United States representative lawyer politician
Donohue was born in Worcester, Massachusetts June 18, 1901 graduated from Saint John"s High School in 1920 and from Northeastern University School of Law in 1925.
Student, Northeastern University.
He represented the third district and fourth district of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1947-1974. He was a lawyer, councilman and alderman from the city of his birth 1927-1935. Donohue served in the United States Navy, 1942-1945.
He was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 - December 31, 1974).
During his final congressional term, Donohue was the second ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, which considered articles of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon for his role in covering up the Watergate scandal. He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974.
He died on November 4, 1984, in Worcester, and was interred in Saint John's Cemetery in that city. In 1987, the Harold Doctorate. Donohue Federal Building and United States Courthouse was renamed for him.
Member 80th-91st Congresses, 4th District Alderman, president of the board and acting mayor, Worcester. Entered United States Navy, December 1942. Member of the board of trustees Worcester County bar associations, American Legion, World World World War II Veterans Association (Worcester).