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Joseph R. Marro

New York politician and judge (1907-1989)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ17403670 ↗
Source-derived summary

Joseph R. Marro (March 17, 1907 – February 21, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on March 17, 1907, in New York City. He attended Public School No. 95 and No. 8, and DeWitt Clinton High School. He graduated from St. John's College, and from St. John's University School of Law. He practiced law in New York City. He married Anita Eleanor Aloi, and they had two children.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Joseph R. Marro” as new York politician and judge (1907-1989). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1907, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1907-03-17. The account is most persuasive where Joseph, Marro and York can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as new York politician and judge (1907-1989). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Q17403670. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1907 and 1989.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Joseph R. Marro” 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.