Gertrude Walton Donahey (August 4, 1908 – July 11, 2004) was an American politician

Politician

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 of the Democratic party who served as Ohio State Treasurer

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 from 1971 to 1983.

Donahey, born in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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, was the first woman to be elected to a statewide office in Ohio. Her husband, John W. Donahey

John W. Donahey

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, served for a time as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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. Her father-in-law, A. Victor Donahey

A. Victor Donahey

Alvin Victor Donahey was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. Donahey was the 50th Governor of Ohio and a United States Senator from Ohio.Donahey was born in Cadwallader, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. His parents were John C...

, was a Governor of Ohio and a member of the United States Senate

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She died in Bexley, Ohio

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, a suburb of Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

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, aged 95.