Nicholas Kafoglis
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 32nd district
In office
January 1, 1987  January 1, 1999
Preceded byFrank Miller
Succeeded byBrett Guthrie
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 20th district
In office
January 1, 1972  January 1, 1976
Preceded byGeorge T. Massey
Succeeded byJody Richards
Personal details
BornJanuary 16, 1930
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedFebruary 9, 2019(2019-02-09) (aged 89)
Branford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYale 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] 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.[3][4]

References

  1. "2006OH117 Leg 120 | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History". www.kentuckyoralhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28.
  2. "Kafoglis remembered as being in politics 'for right reasons'". Talk 104. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. 'Former prominent Kentucky lawmaker Nick Kafogis dies at 89,' The Courier Journal, Tom Loftus, February 10, 2019
  4. "Welcome - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov.


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