Frank Joseph Donahue (August 2, 1881 – August 24, 1979) was an American politician who served as the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. 1912 Election Before the 1912 election the Progressive Bull Moose party split from Republican party. The Republican vote was split between the Republicans and Progressives. Donahue defeated Republican Albert P. Langtry by a plurality of 4,576 votes. Reelection in 1913 In the 1913 election Progressives and Republicans again candidates for Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Republican vote was again split. Donahue was reelected by a 42,642 plurality. Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court Donahue was appointed as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, he served as an associate justice of the Court for forty-two years. Frank J. Donahue was succeeded as a Superior Court Justice by his son Roger J. Donahue. References External links Biography of Donahue from Suffolk University Law School Secretaries of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Democrats Suffolk University Law School alumni 1979 deaths 1881 births 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American judges