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'''Helen "Eileen" Foley''' ({{nee}} Dondero; February 27, 1918 – February 22, 2016) was an American [[politician]]. Foley served as the [[Mayor]] of [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], eight terms from 1968–1971, 1984–1985, and 1988–1997.<ref name=uleader>{{cite news|first=Kimberly|last=Haas |title=Ex-Portsmouth Mayor Eileen Foley dies; city, state officials mourn |url=http://www.unionleader.com/Ex-Portsmouth-Mayor-Eileen-Foley-dies |work=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |date=2016-02-22 |access-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223095209/http://www.unionleader.com/Ex-Portsmouth-Mayor-Eileen-Foley-dies |archive-date=2016-02-23 |url-status=live}}</ref> She remains the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.<ref name=scoast2>{{cite news| first=J. Dennis |last=Robinson |title=Why Eileen Foley is beloved |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229804 |work=[[Seacoastonline.com]] |date=2016-02-22 |access-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302181338/http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229804 |archive-date=2016-03-02 |url-status=live}}</ref> Foley alsoShe represented the 24th District in the [[New Hampshire Senate]] for seven terms, including one term as the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] [[Minority Leader]].<ref name=scoast>{{cite news| first=Elizabeth| last=Dinan |title=Beloved Portsmouth Mayor Eileen Dondero Foley dies at 97 |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229803 |work=[[Seacoastonline.com]] |date=2016-02-22 |access-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223121606/http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229803 |archive-date=2016-02-23 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Foley followed her mother, [[Mary Carey Dondero]], into politics.<ref name=uleader/><ref name=scoast/> Mary{{nee}} Carey Dondero, the first woman to become mayor of Portsmouth, held that office from (1945-47), tointo 1947politics.<ref name=uleader/><ref name=scoast/>

Portraits of Foley and her mother now hang side-by-side in Portsmouth City Hall.<ref name=scoast/> Portsmouth's city council chambers have also been renamed in Eileen Foley's honor.<ref name=scoast/>

==Biography==