Mary O'Connor Donohue was born on March 22,1947 and is an American retired educator, attorney, politician and Judge of the New York Court of Claims and a former two-term Lieutenant Governor of New York.
20 Facts About Mary Donohue
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Mary Donohue is a former teacher and lawyer who was once an aide to State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.
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Mary Donohue graduated from The College of New Rochelle and received a master's degree in Education from Russell Sage College.
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Mary Donohue served as the district attorney of Rensselaer County for several years in the 1990s.
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Mary Donohue resigned from her judgeship in 1998, when Pataki picked her as a running mate.
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Pataki won their 1998 election, Mary Donohue was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of New York on January 1,1999, replacing Betsy McCaughey Ross.
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Since 1999, Mary Donohue started to spend time traveling the state promoting school violence prevention and to implement the recommendations of her task force.
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In 2005, Mary Donohue led a state program, comprising several agencies, to determine best practices in the area of school violence prevention.
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Mary Donohue has traveled the state hosting roundtable discussion on quality communities issues since 2000.
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In 2001, Mary Donohue chaired a task force on small business issues in the state.
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In 2005, Mary Donohue was named by Pataki as the Chairwoman of the New York State Delegation to the White House Conference on Aging.
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In 2002, there were reports that Mary Donohue was being pushed out by Pataki as his running mate.
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Mary Donohue declined the nomination, which went to Judge Dora Irizarry instead.
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On March 3,2006, Donohue informed reporters that her name had been submitted by Pataki to President George W Bush for nomination to a United States District Court judgeship in Upstate New York.
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On June 27,2006, the White House announced that Mary Donohue has been nominated to the judgeship.
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Mary Donohue's nomination went to the US Senate for confirmation, where it was not brought up by the Senate Judiciary Committee before the 109th Congress adjourned on December 10,2006.
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Senator Charles Schumer indicated that he did not see Mary Donohue's nomination being able to be confirmed by the Senate in the 110th Congress, when the Democrats have the Senate majority.
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Mary Donohue was confirmed that day by the State Senate for term expiring in March 2015.
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Mary Donohue took office as a judge after her term as lieutenant governor expired at midnight on December 31,2006.
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Mary Donohue retired from the Court of Claims in May, 2009.