Mike Donnelly (politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mike Donnelly
|image = Mike Donnelly.jpg
|caption = Donnelly in 1923
|office = Oklahoma County Commissioner
|term_start = 1934
|term_end = 1948
|office2 = 20th Mayor of Oklahoma City
|term_start2 = January 9, 1923
|term_end2 = April 4, 1923
|predecessor2 = Jack C. Walton
|successor2 = O. A. Cargill
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|10|14}}
|birth_place = Bucklin, Missouri, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|9|12|1880|10|14|mf=y}}
|death_place = Bethany, Oklahoma, U.S.
|resting_place = Rose Hill Burial Park
|signature = Signature of Mike Donnelly (1880–1972).png
|}}
Mike Donnelly Sr. (1880–1972) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oklahoma City in 1923, succeeding Mayor Jack C. Walton who'd been elected governor.
Biography
Mike Donnelly was born on October 14, 1880, in Bucklin, Missouri.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo04thob/page/n409/mode/1up |title=A Standard History of Oklahoma |volume=IV |first=Joseph B. |last=Thoburn |author-link=Joseph Bradfield Thoburn |publisher=American Historical Society |page=1614 |date=1916 |access-date=2024-04-09 |via=Internet Archive}} He moved to Oklahoma City in 1904 and served as the mayor of Capitol Hill before its annexation by Oklahoma City. He succeeded Jack C. Walton as Mayor of Oklahoma City, serving between January 9, 1923, and April 4, 1923. He later served as an Oklahoma County Commissioner between 1934 and 1948.{{cite web |title=Mike Donnelly |url=https://www.okc.gov/government/archives-records/oklahoma-city-history/previous-mayors/mike-donnelly |website=okc.gov |publisher=Oklahoma City |access-date=8 April 2024}} He also worked for the Oklahoma Highway Department for 16 years.{{cite web |title=Mayor Mike Donnelly (Mayor Pro Tem, 1923), official portrait |url=https://www.metrolibrary.org/archives/image/2019/08/mayor-mike-donnelly-mayor-pro-tem-1923-official-portrait |website=metrolibrary.org |publisher=Metropolitan Library System |access-date=8 April 2024}}
He died on September 12, 1972, in Bethany, Oklahoma.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-mike-donnelly-sr/145068702/ |title=Mike Donnelly Sr. |newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman |page=37 |date=1972-09-13 |access-date=2024-04-09 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was entombed at Rose Hill Burial Park in Oklahoma City.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-funerals-donnelly/145068078/ |title=Funerals: Donnelly |newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman |page=5 |date=1972-09-15 |access-date=2024-04-09 |via=Newspapers.com}}
References
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{{Mayors of Oklahoma City}}
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