About William O'Doherty
Lived 1868 – 1905 (aged 36–37). William O'Doherty was a British politician.
William O'Doherty (1868 – 18 May 1905) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Biography O'Doherty was born in 1868 in Carndonagh, County Donegal. He attended St Columb's College in Derry. In 1893 he became a solicitor, and a year later became the coroner for Inishowen (North Donegal).
On 18 May 1905, while in the House of Commons, O'Doherty suffered a paralytic stroke and later succumbed to a haemorrhage. The subsequent by-election for his vacant seat was won by John Muldoon.
Personal life In 1894 he married Margaret Mitchell.
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