Biographical details:
a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland, February 22, 1864; attended the schools of Ireland and a private classical school; taught as principal of a national school from January 1885 until October 1886; immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, Pa., November 8, 1886; real-estate broker; engaged in banking and in the manufacture of glassware; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; director of Northwestern General Hospital 1893-1943; trustee of Temple University; real-estate assessor for the city of Philadelphia from April 15, 1919, to March 31, 1946, when he retired;
In 1923 he was elected National President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He was responsible for the erection of a bronze tablet inside the south entrance to City Hall, Philadelphia, in commemoration of all Irish people who had risked their lives for America. He also played a major role in the erection of an imposing bronze statue in Logan Square in 1846 of Thomas Fitzsimons, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and ‘the forgotten man of the Revolution’. During his life he was deeply involved on the various Irish societies and movements in Philadelphia.
Donohoe died in Philadelphia, Pa., January 17, 1958; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.