Maurice H. Donahue

Maurice Herbert Donahue (May 10, 1864 – September 10, 1928) was the 75th Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Education and career Born on May 10, 1864, in Monroe, Ohio, Donahue read law in 1885. He entered private practice in New Lexington, Ohio from 1885 to 1900. He was prosecutor for Perry County, Ohio from 1887 to 1903. He was a Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio for the Fifth Judicial Circuit from 1900 to 1910, serving as Chief Judge from 1908 to 1910. He was elected as a Democrat on November 8, 1910, and reelected in 1916, as the 75th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, serving from January 1, 1911, to November 11, 1919. Federal judicial service