Frederick William Donnelly (October 14, 1866 – September 25, 1935) was an

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Democratic politician who served as Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, from 1911 until 1932.

Biography

Donnelly was born on October 14, 1866, in Trenton to Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly and Susan Davisson. The actress

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was his niece. Donnelly attended Trenton public schools and the State Model School. He later attended the Episcopal School in

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, and studied at the Rider Business College (now

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). 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.''Scannell's New Jersey First Citizens, 1919-1920''
J.J. Scannell, 1919. Donnelly became mayor in 1911 when the first city commission was organized. He was reelected every four years until 1931. The following year he resigned as mayor for health reasons and was succeeded by George B. Labarre. 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

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, losing to the Republican incumbent,

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. In 1935 he died at a hospital in

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, at the age of 69.

References

External links

Biographical information for Frederick W. Donnelly
from

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Donnelly, Frederick W. 1866 births 1935 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in New Jersey Rider University alumni New Jersey Democrats Mayors of Trenton, New Jersey