Frederick W. Donnelly

Frederick William Donnelly (October 14, 1866 – September 25, 1935) was an American Democratic politician who served as Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, from 1911 until 1932.

He worked for several years as a traveling salesman for a New York wholesale clothing business before returning to Trenton and assuming management of his father's clothing store.

The following year he resigned as mayor for health reasons and was succeeded by George B.

[1] While mayor he advocated deeper waterways and served as president of the Trenton-Philadelphia-New York Deeper Waterways Association, which he organized.

In 1924 he was the Democratic nominee for United States Senate, losing to the Republican incumbent, Walter Evans Edge.