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Brian J. Donnelly

Official portrait of Brian J. Donnelly
Brian J. Donnelly
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative MA – District 11
Democratic Service: 1979-1993

Democratic
MA (District 11)
House
A Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Mass. , March 2, 1946. Attended private schools in Suffolk County. Graduated from Catholic Memorial High School, West Roxbury, 1963. B. S. , Boston University, 1970. Graduate work, Boston University, 1970. Teacher and coach, Boston public schools. Member, Massachusetts State legislature, 1973-1978. Served as assistant majority leader, 1977-1978. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1993). Was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress. U. S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1994-1997. Died on February 28, 2023, in East Dennis, Mass.