Brian J. Donnelly
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th district |
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| In office January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | James A. Burke |
Brian Joseph Donnelly (born March 2, 1946) of Dorchester, Boston was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. He is a Democrat.
Donnelly attended private schools in Suffolk County. He graduated from Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, in 1963. He received a Bachelor of Science from Boston University in 1970. He was a teacher and coach in the Boston public schools. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1973–1978, where he served as assistant majority leader in 1977–1978.
Donnelly was elected as a Democrat to the 96th and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979–January 3, 1993), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the 103rd Congress.
In 1994, he was named United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.[1] He served in this capacity until 1997.[2] In 1998, he ran for Governor of Massachusetts, finishing third in the Democratic primary behind state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger and former state Senator Patricia McGovern.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "President Clinton Names Donnelly Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago". http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/whitehouse-papers/1994/Jun/1994-06-09-President-Names-Donnelly-Ambassador-to-Trinidad-and-Tobago. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
- ^ "State Dept., Ambassadors to Trinidad and Tobago". http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11322.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
- ^ "Massachusetts primary results — September 15, 1998". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/16/primary.results/massachusetts.html. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
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