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{{short description|20th century American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name = Francis E. Donoghue
|state = Illinois
|state_house = Illinois
|district = 2nd
| term_start = January 1907
| term_end = January 1909
| alongside = Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|& Frank J. McNichols}}
| predecessor = Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|Frank J. McNichols,}} {{nowrap|& [[Frank D. Comerford]]}}
| successor = Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|Frank J. McNichols,}} {{nowrap|& George L. McConnell}}
| term_start1 = January 1903
| term_end1 = January 1905
| alongside1 = Charles W. Kopf {{nowrap|& Benjamin F. Greenebaum}}
| predecessor1 = Frank C. Farnum, {{nowrap|& Augustus W. Nohe,}} {{nowrap|& Francis J. Sullivan}}
| successor1 = Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|Frank J. McNichols,}} {{nowrap|& Frank D. Comerford}}
|state_house2 = Illinois
|district2 = 15th
| term_start2 = January 1901
| term_end2 = January 1903
| alongside2 = Charles W. Kopf {{nowrap|& William J. Moran}}
| predecessor2 = Patrick J. Meaney, {{nowrap|Edward H. Rorig,}} {{nowrap|& John Dockery}}
| successor2 = James P. Cavanagh, {{nowrap|Peter Knolla,}} {{nowrap|& Ladislas J. Fligel}}
|birth_name = Francis Edmund Donoghue
|birth_date = {{birth date|1873|11|27}}
|birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1952|1|8|1873|11|27}}
|death_place = [[Augustana Hospital]],<br />Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|restingplace = [[Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)|Calvary Catholic Cemetery]], {{nowrap|[[Evanston, Illinois]]}}
|spouse = {{marriage|Mae Anson||1942|end=died}}
|children = {{unbulleted list
| Leonard Anson Donoghue
| {{sup|(b. 1910; died 1992)}}
| Francis Edmund Donoghue
| {{sup|(b. 1916; died 1997)}}
}}
|relatives = [[Sheehan Donoghue]] (granddaughter)
|education =
|profession = Lawyer
}}
'''Francis Edmund "Frank" Donoghue''' (November 27, 1872{{spnd}}January 8, 1952) was an American lawyer and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician from [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He served three terms in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]], and later served 12 years as a Chicago municipal judge. He was also a co-owner of the Logan Squares [[Chicago City League]] baseball club. His brother, George Terry Donoghue, was the first general superintendent of the [[Chicago Park District]]; his granddaughter, [[Sheehan Donoghue]], served in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in the 1970s and 1980s.

==Biography==
Francis Donoghue was born and raised in the [[Irish Catholic]] community in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He graduated from [[St. Ignatius College Prep]] and went on to earn his law degree from [[Kent College]] in 1896.<ref name="obit-trib">{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-obituary-for-f-e-donog/75484008/ |title= F. E. Donoghue, Former Judge, Dies at Age 78 |newspaper= [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= January 9, 1952 |page= 20 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> In 1900, he was elected to his first term in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]], serving in the [[42nd Illinois General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite report|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2995869 |title= Journal of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Second General Assembly of the State of Illinois |year= 1901 |publisher= State of Illinois |page= 6 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[HathiTrust]] }}</ref> Following a 1901 redistricting, he was elected to his second term from another district in 1902, and was elected to a third term in 1906.<ref>{{cite report|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2995870 |title= Journal of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Third General Assembly of the State of Illinois |year= 1903 |publisher= State of Illinois |page= 5 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[HathiTrust]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.17124099 |title= Journal of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Illinois |year= 1907 |publisher= State of Illinois |page= 4 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[HathiTrust]] }}</ref>

After leaving the House of Representatives, Donoghue became a business partner to [[Nixey Callahan]] in the ownership of the Logan Squares baseball club in the [[Chicago City League]]. The partnership lasted about five years.<ref name="obit-trib"/> Donoghue subsequently worked as an attorney and dealt real estate. In 1931, he was appointed city fire attorney,<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-frank-donoghue-fire-atto/135447632/ |title= Frank Donoghue Begins Job as City Fire Attorney |newspaper= [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= May 27, 1931 |page= 17 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> and shortly thereafter he was hired as an [[assistant state's attorney]] in the office of the [[Cook County State's Attorney]], where he remained until his election as a Chicago municipal judge, in 1938.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-local-election-winners/135447938/ |title= Election Victors Take Office in Floral Settings |newspaper= [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= December 6, 1938 |page= 10 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>

He served 12 years as municipal judge, retiring in 1950. He died two years later, on January 8, 1952, after a brief illness.<ref name="obit-trib"/>

==Personal life and family==

Francis Donoghue was one of eight children born to [[Irish Americans|Irish American]] immigrant Michael Francis Donoghue and his wife Elizabeth Anne (''{{nee}}'' Shields). Michael Donoghue was a successful pioneer businessman in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-obituary-for-michael-f/76960591/ |title= Death Removes an Old Citizen |newspaper= [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= December 23, 1896 |page= 7 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> Francis Donoghue's younger brother George Terry Donoghue, was the first general superintendent of the [[Chicago Park District]], serving from its formation in 1934 until his retirement in 1960.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-obituary-for-g-t-donog/58684194/ |title= G. T. Donoghue Services to be Held Today |newspaper= [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= November 24, 1962 |page= 15 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>

Francis Donoghue married Mae Anson, a daughter of Leonard Niles Anson, a pioneer businessman in [[Merrill, Wisconsin]]. They had at least two children together, she died in 1942.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-mae-donoghue-obit/135444252/ |title= Mrs. Mae Donoghue |newspaper= [[Miami Herald]] |date= March 5, 1942 |page= 17 |accessdate= November 19, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> Their granddaughter, [[Sheehan Donoghue]], went on to represent the Merrill area in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] for six terms in the 1970s and 1980s.

==References==
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{{s-bef|before = Patrick J. Meaney, {{nowrap|Edward H. Rorig,}} {{nowrap|& John Dockery}} }}
{{s-ttl|title = Member of the {{nowrap|[[Illinois House of Representatives]]}} {{nowrap|from the 15th district}} |years= January 1901{{spnd}}January 1903 |alongside= Charles W. Kopf {{nowrap|& William J. Moran}} }}
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{{s-bef|before = Frank C. Farnum, {{nowrap|& Augustus W. Nohe,}} {{nowrap|& Francis J. Sullivan}} }}
{{s-ttl|title = Member of the {{nowrap|[[Illinois House of Representatives]]}} {{nowrap|from the 15th district}} |years= January 1903{{spnd}}January 1905 |alongside= Charles W. Kopf {{nowrap|& Benjamin F. Greenebaum}} }}
{{s-aft|after = Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|Frank J. McNichols,}} {{nowrap|& [[Frank D. Comerford]]}}}}
{{s-bef|before = Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|Frank J. McNichols,}} {{nowrap|& Frank D. Comerford}} }}
{{s-ttl|title = Member of the {{nowrap|[[Illinois House of Representatives]]}} {{nowrap|from the 15th district}} |years= January 1903{{spnd}}January 1905 |alongside= Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|& Frank J. McNichols}} }}
{{s-aft|after = Paul I. Zaabel, {{nowrap|Frank J. McNichols,}} {{nowrap|& George L. McConnell}}}}
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[[Category:Politicians from Chicago]]
[[Category:Lawyers from Chicago]]
[[Category:Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives]]
[[Category:American people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:Catholics from Illinois]]
[[Category:Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly]]

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