Darius L. Goff (politician)

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Darius Lee Goff (born October 10, 1919 in Pawtucket , Rhode Island , † May 9, 1998 in Sanibel , Florida ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). During his political career he was a member of the House of Representatives of Rhode Island and was Mayor of Warwick , Rhode Island from 1953 to 1954 .

Life

Goff came from a long-established, wealthy business family in Rhode Island. He was born in 1919 to Darius Lee Goff, Jr. (1890-1938) and grew up with an older sister (1917-1976). The entrepreneurs Darius L. Goff (1840–1926) and Darius Goff (1809–1891) were his grandfather and great-grandfather, respectively. The entrepreneur Lyman B. Goff (1841–1927) was his great-uncle .

Goff attended Grove Street Grammar School in Pawtucket and Northwood School in Lake Placid , New York . He later studied at Princeton University , where he graduated in 1942. During World War II , he served three years in the United States Army Air Corps as a radio frequency radio instructor. After the war he was on the management board of various companies in Providence. In 1969 he sold his shares in the company and settled in Bermuda with his wife .

In addition to his professional activity, Goff was also politically active. He was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in November 1948 and served for two terms. In 1952 he ran for the mayoral election in Warwick and won against the previous incumbent Joseph Mills. In the next mayoral election in 1954 he was defeated by Mills with 10,197 to 12,473 votes.

Goff died in May 1998 in Sanibel, Florida, where he had set up his winter residence a few years earlier. He was married and had three sons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c State of Rhode Island Manual , page 447 (Rhode Island Department of State, 1949)
  2. ^ Journal bulletin Rhode Island Almanac , p. 108, Providence Journal Bulletin, 1996
  3. ↑ Donald E. Creamer, James Baar: But Wait! There's More! (Maybe) , p. 30 (Omegacom, Inc., 2008)
  4. ↑ Patrick T. Conley: The Leaders of Rhode Island's Golden Age , pp. 56ff. (2019)
  5. ↑ Darius Lee Goff, Jr. In: www.findagrave.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  6. ^ Bronxville Review Press and Reporter, p. 7 , Sept. 23, 1976
  7. ↑ Darius Lee Goff. In: www.findagrave.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Darius L. and Lyman B. Goff , website of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame
  9. ^ A b Donald A. D'Amato: Warwick: A City at the Crossroads (Arcadia Publishing, 2001)
personal data
SURNAME Goff, Darius L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goff, Darius Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Pawtucket , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1998
Place of death Sanibel , Florida