Gertrude Walton Donahey | |
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| Ohio State Treasurer | |
| In office January 11, 1971 – January 10, 1983 | |
| Governor | John J. Gilligan Jim Rhodes |
| Preceded by | John D. Herbert |
| Succeeded by | Mary Ellen Withrow |
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| Born | Gertrude Walton (1908-08-04)August 4, 1908 Tuscarawas County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 11, 2004(2004-07-11) (aged 95) Bexley, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | East Avenue Cemetery,New Philadelphia, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | John W. Donahey (m. 1930) |
Gertrude Walton Donahey (August 4, 1908 – July 11, 2004) was anAmericanpolitician of theDemocratic party who served asOhio State Treasurer from 1971 to 1983.
Donahey was born inGoshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She earned her bachelor's at Mann's Business College inColumbus, Ohio and went to work at the Office of the Ohio Adjutant General's Business and Finance Division.[1] She was married toJohn W. Donahey, who served for a time asLieutenant Governor of Ohio. Her father-in-law,A. Victor Donahey, was aGovernor of Ohio and a member of theUnited States Senate.[1]
She was chosen as a delegate to theDemocratic National Conventions in 1964 and 1968 and represented Ohio on the Party's platform and resolution committee. She was hired in 1964 byU.S. Senator Stephen M. Young as his executive assistant.[1] She ran in the Democratic presidential primary in 1976 as a "favorite daughter." She wasn't a serious candidate, but rather a placeholder for the party to control delegate votes in Ohio.
In 1970, Donahey was the first woman to be elected to a statewide executive office in Ohio, and second toOhio Supreme Court judgeFlorence E. Allen, as Ohio State Treasurer. She held the position until 1983 in light of an embezzlement scandal which took $1.3 million from her office.[1][2] The embezzlement was carried out in 1978 by head cashier, Elizabeth Jane Boerger and her private business associate, Robert W. Yeazell. The accounting firm,Price Waterhouse & Company, who undertook the 1978 audit did it in 1981 after Boerger had left her position. The pair were indicted for the embezzlement on August 12, 1982.[3][4]
She died inBexley, Ohio, a suburb ofColumbus, aged 95.
| Preceded by: John D. Herbert | Ohio State Treasurer 1971–1983 | Succeeded by: Mary Ellen Withrow |
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| Preceded by Eldon Brown | Democratic nominee forTreasurer of Ohio 1970, 1974, 1978 | Succeeded by |
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