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Geoff Hall (politician)

politician in Massachusetts, US

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5534151 ↗
Source-derived summary

Geoffrey D. Hall (born October 10, 1948) is an American teacher and politician who represented the 2nd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009. He previously served as a member of the Westford, Massachusetts Housing Authority from 1989 to 1992 and the Westford Board of Selectmen from 1983 to 1989.

Education

Hall graduated from Salem State College and the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Editorial summary

“Geoff Hall (politician)” enters the record as politician in Massachusetts, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Geoff, Hall and politician can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 1991, 2009, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-10-10. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Geoff, Hall and politician.
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Why this record matters

“Geoff Hall (politician)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Geoff, Hall and politician provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

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 Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5534151. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948, 1991, 2009 and 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from “Geoff Hall (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.