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Albert Pechan

American politician (1902–1969)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ4710996 ↗
Source-derived summary

Albert R. Pechan (May 13, 1902 – September 11, 1969) is a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who served from 1949 to 1969. He served as Senate majority whip from 1955 until his death in 1969.

He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1928. Served in the US Army during World War II. Where he was a lieutenant colonel, in the Army Reserves.

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“Albert Pechan” enters the record as american politician (1902–1969). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Albert, Pechan and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1902, 1969, 1949, 1955—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1902-05-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Albert, Pechan and American.
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“Albert Pechan” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Albert, Pechan and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4710996. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1902, 1969, 1949 and 1955.

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This entry incorporates text from “Albert Pechan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.