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Originally from Missouri, Mike Donnelly was born on October 14, 1880 and first came to Oklahoma in 1904. He would spend 15 years in city politics before becoming mayor of Oklahoma City, including a stint as mayor of Capitol Hill prior to the area becoming a part of Oklahoma City. He became mayor of Oklahoma City in January of 1923 when his predecessor Jack Walton was sworn in as Governor of Oklahoma. Donnelly would serve as mayor until April of that year. He later spent 14 years as an Oklahoma County Commissioner, before spending another 16 working for the Oklahoma Highway Department. Mike Donnelly died on September 1, 1972 at Bethany General Hospital at the age of 91, and is buried in Rose Hill Burial Park.