Dan Donovan (politician)
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 11th district |
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Assumed office May 5, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Grimm |
| District Attorney of Richmond County | |
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In office January 1, 2004 – May 12, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | William L. Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Michael McMahon |
| Deputy Borough President of Staten Island | |
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In office January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | James Molinaro |
| Succeeded by | Edward Burke |
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Daniel Michael Donovan, Jr. November 6, 1956 Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Great Kills, Staten Island |
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St. John's University (B.S.) Fordham University (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Daniel Michael "Dan" Donovan, Jr. (born November 6, 1956) is an American attorney, former district attorney, and congressman from New York City. He is currently the United States Representative for New York's 11th congressional district, winning the seat in May 2015 special election. He found himself in the national limelight in 2014 after declining to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo who put Eric Garner in a chokehold which some believed led to Garner's death. The case is now under investigation by the F.B.I. and the Department of Justice.
Dan Donovan was born into a working-class Roman Catholic family in Staten Island, New York in 1956. His Irish-American father, Daniel M. Donovan, Sr., was a longshoreman and lifelong Democrat, his Polish-American mother, Katherine Bolewicz Donovan, was a garment worker. He was raised in the Tompkinsville section of the borough. He attended Monsignor Farrell High School, an all-boys Catholic school, graduating in 1974. He went to study Criminal Justice at St. John's University. After graduating from there he attended Fordham University School of Law, earning his juris doctor in 1988.
In 1989 Dan Donovan became an Assistant District Attorney in the office of Robert M. Morgenthau. He served in with the office of the New York County District Attorney under Mr. Morgenthau until 1996. Later that year Donovan became Chief of Staff to then Staten Island Borough President Guy V. Molinari. He remained in that position until 2002 when he was sworn in as Deputy Borough President of Staten Island; he had been appointed by his immediate predecessor and the then new Borough President James Molinaro.
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