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Hugh R. Pomeroy

American politician (1899-1961)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ16873312 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hugh Reynolds Pomeroy (May 29, 1899 – July 1, 1961) was an American politician who served in the California State Assembly for the 62nd district from 1923 to 1925. At just 23 years old, he was the youngest member of the legislature.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hugh R. Pomeroy” is american politician (1899-1961). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hugh, Pomeroy and American, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1899, 1961, 1923, 1925—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1899-05-29. For this dossier, Hugh, Pomeroy and American is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “american politician (1899-1961)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16873312. VIAF identifies the subject as 65478927. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1899, 1961, 1923 and 1925.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hugh R. Pomeroy” 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.