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James Endres

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ111322705 ↗
Source-derived summary

James Endres (July 14, 1931 – April 9, 2018) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.

Life and career

Endres served in the United States Army.

Endres served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1980.

Endres died on April 9, 2018, at the age of 86.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “James Endres” is american politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through James, Endres and American, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1931, 2018, 1973, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1931-07-14. For this dossier, James, Endres and American is the immediate research focus.
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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 Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q111322705. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931, 2018, 1973 and 1980.

Critical limits

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “James Endres” 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.