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David Frizzell (politician)

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ5233874 ↗
Source-derived summary

David Nason Frizzell was an American politician from Indiana. Frizzell was a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives for District 93.

Early life

On January 17, 1950, Frizzell was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Education

In 1973, Frizzell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola College, Maryland.

Career

Frizzell was a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives for District 93 from 1992 to 2019. Frizzell was the Assistant Majority Floor Leader for the Indiana House of Representatives since 2014.

In April 2019, Frizzell resigned as a member of Indiana House of Representatives for District 93.

Dollyne Sherman was elected to complete the remaining term.

Personal life

Frizzell's wife is Valda Frizzell. They have two children.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “David Frizzell (politician)” as american politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1950, 1973, 1992, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1950-01-17. The account is most persuasive where David, Frizzell and politician can be independently traced.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5233874. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1950, 1973, 1992 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “David Frizzell (politician)” 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.