William J. Donohue

William J. Donohue (c. 1873 – January 31, 1907) was an American politician from New York.

Donohue was born about 1873, and lived with a wife and two children at 132 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

In November 1905, Donohue ran on the Municipal Ownership League ticket for the New York State Assembly, but was defeated.

[1] In November 1906, he ran again, this time on the Democratic ticket, and was elected.

[2] One month into his term, on January 31, 1907, he killed himself by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head in Edward Lingers's saloon at 419 Oakland Street in Brooklyn.