G. V. Dorsey
Godwin Volney Dorsey | |
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11th Ohio State Treasurer | |
In office January 14, 1862 – September 25, 1865 |
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Preceded by | Alfred P. Stone |
Succeeded by | William Hooper |
Personal details | |
Born | Oxford, Ohio |
November 17, 1812
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Piqua, Ohio |
Resting place | Forest Hill Union Cemetery, Piqua |
Political party | Democratic, Republican |
Alma mater | Miami University Ohio Medical College |
Godwin Volney Dorsey (November 17, 1812 – May 15, 1885)[1][2] was a Democrat and later Republican politician in the state of Ohio and was Ohio State Treasurer from 1862-1865.
Godwin Dorsey was born November 17, 1812 at Oxford Butler County, Ohio.[3] He graduated from Miami University, and from the Medical College of Ohio in 1836. He then settled in Piqua, Ohio.[4]
Presidential elector in 1848 for Cass/Butler.[5] He was a Democratic delegate to the 1850 Ohio Constitutional Convention, and a member of the Democratic National Convention in 1856.[4] He was the Democratic nominee for the 4th congressional district in 1854, but lost with 30% of the vote.[6] In 1856 he lost to Matthias H. Nichols by 245 votes for the same district.[7] In 1859, he ran for Ohio State Auditor, but lost to Republican Robert Walker Tayler, Sr.[8]
Dorsey was elected as Ohio State Treasurer as a Republican in 1861 and 1863 and was a member of the Republican National Convention in 1864.[4] He resigned as Treasurer September 25, 1865.[9] David Tod was Elector-at-large in 1868 for Grant/Colfax. He died before the meeting of electors, and was replaced by Dorsey.[4]
He died in Piqua May 15, 1885.[2][10] He was buried at Forest Hill Union Cemetery in Piqua.[11]
Notes
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Troy Historical Society
- ↑ Miami County, p. 584.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Smith 1898, p. 143.
- ↑ Taylor 1899, p. 255.
- ↑ Smith 1898, p. 27.
- ↑ Smith 1898, p. 65.
- ↑ Smith 1898, p. 95.
- ↑ Wikoff 1875, p. 12.
- ↑
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References
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External links
- G. V. Dorsey at Find a Grave
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Preceded by | Treasurer of Ohio 1862–1865 |
Succeeded by William Hooper |
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