Member Biography

Biography

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

Early Life:

Second Lieutenant Cornelius M. Donovan, no birth information; elected, Board of Health, Philadelphia, 1857; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1858; second lieutenant, Company D, 16th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1861; 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. Burial location unknown.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Board of Health, Philadelphia, 1857. 

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

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia County, 1862-1864; it is known that while Brevet Brigadier General Henry Lloyd “Harry” White was held prisoner at Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, the Pennsylvania State Senate deadlocked at 32, unorganized, unable to elect a Speaker. Candidates were John P. Clymer, Heister Clymer, one the sixteen who voted for Clymer.  

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 3rd district, Philadelphia (Part) 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:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

 Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members D". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · Tuesday January 2, 1872, · Page 3.