Background
Donohue was born about 1873, and lived with a wife and two children at 132 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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William Donohue
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Career
In November 1905, Donohue ran on the Municipal Ownership League ticket for the New York State Assembly, but was defeated. In November 1906, he ran again, this time on the Democratic ticket, and was elected. 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.
Membership
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Company, 14th Doctorate) in 1907.
