Pat Donnelly
Cite this Page
"Pat Donnelly," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/456.
- Position
- Grounds Laborer
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- White
- Biography
- Pat Donnelly was born in Ireland and later immigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen. He worked at the White House as a laborer on the White House Grounds.1 In this role, Donnelly maintained the lawns and assisted with the general upkeep of the Grounds. Little additional information about his life can be confirmed. Multiple individuals named Pat or Patrick Donnelly lived and worked in Washington, D.C., in the late nineteenth century; to avoid conflating identities, this account reflects only information that can be reliably verified.
- “List of Workers in the Greenhouse and Grounds, 1888,” in The Working White House, National Archives and Records Administration, https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/the-working-white-house-list-of-workers.
- Birthplace
- Ireland
- Unclear from Context
- Related Association Content
- https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/the-working-white-house-list-of-workers