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Kenneth W. Workman

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ115618634
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Kenneth W. Workman (born October 12, 1948) is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 51st and 56-3 district of the Georgia House of Representatives.

Life and career

Workman was born in Fulton County, Georgia. He attended Georgia State University.

In 1981, Workman was elected to the 56-3 district of the Georgia House of Representatives, succeeding Tommy Tolbert. He left office in 1983 when he was elected to the 51st district, succeeding Mobley Childs. He served until 1989, when he was succeeded by Thurbert Baker.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kenneth W. Workman” as american politician. 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—1948, 1981, 1983, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-10-12. The account is most persuasive where Kenneth, Workman and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q115618634. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1948, 1981, 1983 and 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from Kenneth W. Workman” 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.