Biography

01/14/1872

Cornelius M. Donovan (D1) Philadelphia County 1862-1864 (D3) Philadelphia (Part) County 1865-1867

Early Life:

Cornelius M. Donovan, no birth information; second lieutenant, Company D, 16th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1861; elected, Board of Health, Philadelphia, 1857; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1858; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1862-1867; elected, Democratic Executive Committee, Philadelphia, 1863; presidential appointee, Revenue Agent, State of Texas, 1868; special agent, United States Treasury Department, 1869-1872; died, January 14, 1872, Austin, Travis County, Texas. No interment information available.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Board of Health, Philadelphia, 1857.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1858.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1^st district, Philadelphia County, 1862-1864.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 3rd district, Philadelphia County, 1865-1867.

elected, Democratic Executive Committee, Philadelphia, 1863.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Presidential appointee, President Andrew Johnson, Revenue Agent, State of Texas, 1868.

Special agent, United States Treasury Department, 1869-1872.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8231