Dennis D. Donovan was a United States. Representative from Ohio.
Education
Born near Texas, Ohio, Donovan attended the common schools, and Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana. He studied law at Valparaiso University School of Law. He was graduated from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, in 1895.
Career
He taught school. He engaged in the mercantile and timber business. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Deshler, Ohio. He was appointed postmaster of Deshler by President Cleveland on July 21, 1885, and served until January 27, 1888.
He was mayor of Deshler for two terms.
Donovan was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Deshler, Ohio. He moved to Napoleon, Ohio, in 1897 and continued the practice of law.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor of Ohio in 1898.
He died in Napoleon, Ohio, on April 21, 1941. He was interred in Saint Augustine Cemetery.
Membership
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1887 and 1889. He was a member of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. and Knights of Columbus.