Jerome F. Donovan

Jerome Francis Donovan ( born 1 February 1872 in New Haven, Connecticut; † November 2, 1949 in Stony Creek, Connecticut) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1918 and 1921 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jerome Francis Donovan was born about seven years after the end of the civil war in New Haven County. He attended public schools. He then studied law and graduated in 1894 at the Faculty of Law, Yale University. After receiving his license to practice law in the same year he began to practice in New Haven. Between 1897 and 1903 he served in C Company in the 2nd Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard. During this time he sat 1901-1903 in the New York State Assembly. He was also in 1902 Auditor in New Haven - an activity which he pursued until 1904. He was between 1904 and 1906 Secretary in the New Haven Civil Service Commission. In 1910 he moved to New York City where he received his license to practice law in New York in the same year. He was between 1911 and 1913 worked as a Special Deputy Attorney General in New York. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

He was elected in 1918 in a by-election in the 21st electoral district of New York in the 65th Congress, there to fill the vacancy that was created by the resignation of George Murray Hulbert. His term began on March 5, 1918. He was re-elected once. In his second re-election bid in 1920, he suffered a defeat and retired after March 3, 1921 the Congress of.

After his conference time he was in 1923 and 1924 served as Deputy Attorney General in the New York State Labor Department. He then went to New York City back to his work as a lawyer after which he held until his retirement in 1936. He moved to Stony Creek, where he died on November 2, 1949. At the time of the Second World War was about four years too late. His body was then buried at St. Bernard 's Cemetery in New Haven.