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Joseph C. Boteler III

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6281858
Source-derived summary

Joseph C. Boteler III (born June 30, 1949) is an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 8 in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Boteler was first elected in 2002, serving alongside Alfred W. Redmer Jr. and Eric M. Bromwell. Redmer resigned in 2003 after being appointed Maryland Insurance Commissioner and was succeeded by John Cluster. In the 2006 election, Boteler was re-elected, serving with Bromwell and Todd Schuler.

Career

Boteler has owned the company Print Solutions since 1999. He is a member of the Parkville Business and Professional Association, the Overlea Fullerton Business and Professional Association, and the Direct Marketing Association of Washington.

During his time in the Maryland House of Delegates, Boteler was nominated to serve as Deputy Minority Whip in 2007. He also served as co-chair of the Maryland Veterans Caucus and, beginning in 2005, was a member of the Charles Hickey Jr. School Advisory Board.

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“Joseph C. Boteler III” enters the record as american politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Joseph, Boteler and American 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—1949, 2002, 2003, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-06-30. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Joseph, Boteler and American.
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“Joseph C. Boteler III” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Joseph, Boteler and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

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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 Q6281858. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949, 2002, 2003 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from Joseph C. Boteler III” 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.