J. N. Donohoo

J. N. Donohoo
J. N. Donohoo
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives; from the Phillips County district
	In office; January 8, 1877 – January 13, 1879 Serving with Berry Coleman, T. M. Jacks
	In office; January 10, 1887 – January 9, 1893 Serving with R. B. Macon, James P. Clarke, S. L. Cook, John H. Carr, George W. Yancey,
Succeeded by	redistricted
Personal details
Born	Jacob N. Donohoo; December 16, 1853; Cleveland, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	November 11, 1917 (aged 63); Helena, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place	Magnolia Cemetery, Helena, Arkansas, U.S.
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Republican
Children	Nina Donohoo
Residence	Marvell, Arkansas
Profession	Farmer; banker; politician; grocer; editor; real estate investor;

Jacob N. Donohoo (December 16, 1853 – November 11, 1917) was an American state politician and banker in Arkansas.^[3] He served several terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives after first winning election in 1876 when he was 22.^[4] He helped fundraise for the Masonic Temple in Pine Bluff, part of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.^[5]

He was born in Cleveland, Tennessee. He moved to Arkansas in 1870. He married and owned a 160-acre farm in Marvell, Arkansas. He was a Republican and a Quaker.^[4]

Donohoo also worked as an internal revenue collector and banker. Knoxville, Tennessee commercial artist LaRoy A. Tate was his grandson.^[6]

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^ Priest, Sharon (1998). Runnells, Jonathan (ed.). Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State. Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State. pp. 241–242. ISBN 9780313302121. OCLC 40157815.
^ "SOS" (1998), pp. 248–254.
^ Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR 40038091 – via JSTOR.
^ ^a ^b "J. N. Donohoo". Arkansas Democrat. October 14, 1890. p. 7 – via newspapers.com.
^ "NRHP nomination for Masonic Temple". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
^ "CONTENTdm". cmdc.knoxlib.org.

[1] Priest, Sharon (1998). Runnells, Jonathan (ed.). Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State. Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State. pp. 241–242. ISBN 9780313302121. OCLC 40157815.

[2] "SOS" (1998), pp. 248–254.

[3] Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR 40038091 – via JSTOR.

[news-4] "J. N. Donohoo". Arkansas Democrat. October 14, 1890. p. 7 – via newspapers.com.

[NRHP-5] "NRHP nomination for Masonic Temple". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-24.

[6] "CONTENTdm". cmdc.knoxlib.org.

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