Background
Donahey, Vic was born on July 7, 1873 in Cadwallader, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Son of John C. and Catherine (Chaney) Donahey.
Donahey, Vic was born on July 7, 1873 in Cadwallader, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Son of John C. and Catherine (Chaney) Donahey.
Common school educated.
10 children living. Learned printer’s trade. Clerk of Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, 1898-1903. County auditor, 1905-1909.
Member Board of Education, New Philadelphia, O., 1909-1911.
Member 4th Ohio. Constitutional Convention, 1912. State auditor, Ohio, 1912-1920.
Democratic candidate for government of Ohio, 1920 (defeated). Elected governor, 1922.
Reëlected, 1924 and 1926.
United States senator, 1935-1941. President Donahey Clay Products Company, Motorists Mutual Insurance Company, director Ohio National Bank. Home: Huntsville, O. Address: 471 East. Broad Saint, Columbus, Ohio
Member Board of Education, New Philadelphia, O., 1909-1911. Member 4th Ohio. Constitutional Convention, 1912.
Married Mary Edith Harvey, January 5, 1897.