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James P. Boyle

American politician (1885-1939)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ20708210 ↗
Source-derived summary

James Peter Boyle (September 15, 1885 – September 24, 1939) was an American businessman and politician.

Biography

He was born in Chicago, Illinois on 15 September 1885 to Michael Joseph Boyle and Mary Killigrew. On June 24, 1916, in Chicago, Illinois he married Lillian R. Keane.

Boyle worked in the insurance business. Boyle was involved in the Democratic Party. He was also president of the Chicago Board of Local Improvements. Boyle served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1919 until his death in 1939.

Boyle died suddenly in his home on September 24, 1939.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “James P. Boyle” is american politician (1885-1939). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through James, Boyle 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—1885, 1939, 1916, 1919—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1885-09-15. For this dossier, James, Boyle 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 Q20708210. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1885, 1939, 1916 and 1919.

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This entry incorporates text from “James P. Boyle” 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.