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- توماس جاي غودفري (بالإنجليزية: Thomas J. Godfrey) هو مصرفي أمريكي، ولد في 6 يونيو 1831 في مقاطعة دارك في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 30 نوفمبر 1906 في أوهايو في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
- Thomas Jefferson Godfrey (1831-1906) was a legislator in the U.S. State of Ohio. He was President Pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate 1868 to 1870. Godfrey was born June 6, 1831 in Darke County, Ohio to Elias B. and Sarah (Elliott) Godfrey. He went to the common schools, and two seminaries. He went to Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, (now DePauw University), and began teaching school at various places in Indiana and Ohio. Godfrey read law in the offices of Allen & Meeker in Greenville, Ohio, and graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1857. He was admitted to the bar, and began a practice in Celina, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Mercer County in 1863, and was nominated for the Ohio Senate for the 32nd district, then Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert and Williams counties in 1865. He was elected to the , and was re-elected two years later to the , (1866-1870) He was elected President pro tem during the latter term. In 1871, the Democrats nominated Godfrey for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, but he lost to Jacob Mueller. In 1873, he was elected a delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention. In 1880, Godfrey was a candidate for presidential elector for the 5th congressional district, but the state voted for Republican James A. Garfield. He was again elected to the State Senate in 1881 and 1883, and served in the and General Assemblies, (1882-1886). Beginning in May, 1878, Godfrey was a member of the Board of Trustees of Ohio State University. He was President of the Board for seven years. He also was president of the local Building & Loan in 1870, which became a bank called Milligan, Godfrey & Co., and later Godfrey & Milligan, and later still the Commercial Banking Co. He also had farming interests. Godfrey married Lorinda Milligan and had one daughter named Luella, later Anderson. He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar, and Knight of Pythias. He died November 30, 1906, and was buried at North Grove Cemetery in Celina. (en)
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- توماس جاي غودفري (بالإنجليزية: Thomas J. Godfrey) هو مصرفي أمريكي، ولد في 6 يونيو 1831 في مقاطعة دارك في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 30 نوفمبر 1906 في أوهايو في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
- Thomas Jefferson Godfrey (1831-1906) was a legislator in the U.S. State of Ohio. He was President Pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate 1868 to 1870. Godfrey was born June 6, 1831 in Darke County, Ohio to Elias B. and Sarah (Elliott) Godfrey. He went to the common schools, and two seminaries. He went to Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, (now DePauw University), and began teaching school at various places in Indiana and Ohio. (en)
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