William J. Donohue (c. 1873 – January 31, 1907) was an American politician from New York.
Life Donohue was born about 1873, and lived with a wife and two children at 132 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He was a friend of the local Democratic boss Patrick H. McCarren.
In November 1905, Donohue ran on the Municipal Ownership League ticket for the New York State Assembly, but was defeated.Democratic nominees in The Standard Union, of Brooklyn, in October or November 1906 In November 1906, he ran again, this time on the Democratic ticket, and was elected. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 14th D.) in 1907.Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 353)
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.Assemblyman a Suicide in the New York Times on February 1, 1907Police Reject Theory That Donohue Met With Foul Play in The Standard Union, of Brooklyn, on February 1, 1907Assemblyman Donohue Buried in NYT on February 4, 1907
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