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Elisha B. Maynard

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5361728 ↗
Source-derived summary

Elisha Burr Maynard (November 21, 1842 – May 28, 1906) was an American attorney and politician who served on the city council and as Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Elisha B. Maynard” as american politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Elisha, Maynard and American.

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—1842, 1906—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1842-11-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Elisha, Maynard and American providing the first useful test.
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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 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5361728. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1842 and 1906.

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This entry incorporates text from “Elisha B. Maynard” 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.