Nicholas Kafoglis

Nicholas Kafoglis
Nicholas Kafoglis
Member of the Kentucky Senate; from the 32nd district
	In office; January 1, 1987 – January 1, 1999
Preceded by	Frank Miller
Succeeded by	Brett Guthrie
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives; from the 20th district
	In office; January 1, 1972 – January 1, 1976
Preceded by	George T. Massey
Succeeded by	Jody Richards
Personal details
Born	January 16, 1930; Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	February 9, 2019 (aged 89); Branford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Yale University; University of Pennsylvania

Nicholas Z. Kafoglis (January 16, 1930 – February 9, 2019) was an American politician and physician in the state of Kentucky.

Kafoglis served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976 and in the Kentucky Senate from 1987 to 1999. He was a Democrat.^[1]^[2] A 1998 survey by the Kentucky Center for Public Issues rated Kafoglis as the most effective legislator in the senate.^[3] Kafoglis was born in Lexington, Kentucky and went to the Lexington public schools. He received his bachelor's and medical degrees from Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania. Kafoglis was a physician and lived in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Kafoglis served in the United States Air Force. He was the son of Greek immigrants. He died in Branford, Connecticut after breaking his hip.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2006OH117 Leg 120 | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History". www.kentuckyoralhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28.
^ "Kafoglis remembered as being in politics 'for right reasons'". Talk 104. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Kafoglis, Long rated state's most effective lawmakers". The Lexington Herald-Leader. May 12, 1998. p. C7.
^ 'Former prominent Kentucky lawmaker Nick Kafogis dies at 89,' The Courier Journal, Tom Loftus, February 10, 2019
^ "Welcome - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov.

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