Background
Doherty, Philip Joseph was born on January 27, 1856 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip and Ellen (Munnegle) Doherty.
Doherty, Philip Joseph was born on January 27, 1856 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip and Ellen (Munnegle) Doherty.
Bachelor of Laws, Boston University School of Law, 1876.
L. Practiced at Boston, 1877-1908. Attorney, 1908-1913, chief attorney division of safety, since 1913, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington.
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1884-1886. Member Board of Aldermen, Boston, 1888. Member Boston Water Board, 1889-1891.
Married Catherine A. Butler, August 16, 1878 (died 1892). Married second, Lillian East. Cook, June 15, 1898. Children: Philip J., Mary J., Eleanor M. (Mistress William West. Wadsworth (deceased), Alice A. (Mistress Joseph Macksey), Catherine C. (Mistress East. A. Wahl).