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Arline M. Fantin

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ30261591 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arline M. Fantin (born September 26, 1937) is a former American politician.

From Calumet City, Illinois, Fantin went to American Floral Art School. She served as the assessor for the Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois. Fantin served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999 and was a Democrat.

Editorial summary

“Arline M. Fantin” enters the record as american politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Arline, Fantin and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1937, 1995, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1937-09-26. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Arline, Fantin and American.
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Why this record matters

“Arline M. Fantin” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Arline, Fantin and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30261591. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1937, 1995 and 1999.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arline M. Fantin” 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.