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Graham Filler

Michigan politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ74144222 ↗
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Graham Filler (born c. 1983) a Republican politician. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2019 to 2024.

Filler was named an assistant attorney general in 2011. Filler is a member of the Farm Bureau of Michigan, the National Rifle Association of America, and Right to Life of Clinton County.

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The public source identifies “Graham Filler” as michigan politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Graham, Filler and Michigan.

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—1983, 2019, 2024, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Graham, Filler and Michigan providing the first useful test.
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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 Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q74144222. VIAF identifies the subject as 7912158676001427500007. The Library of Congress control number is no2020047455. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 2019, 2024 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Graham Filler” 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.