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Martha Jane King

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ124295935 ↗
Source-derived summary

Martha Jane King (born April 13, 1955) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017. King was first elected in 2008 after incumbent representative Sheldon Baugh retired. She was defeated for reelection by Republican Jason Petrie in 2016.

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“Martha Jane King” enters the record as american politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Martha, Jane and King can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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—1955, 2009, 2017, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1955-04-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Martha, Jane and King.
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Why this record matters

“Martha Jane King” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Martha, Jane and King provides the most credible route into that argument.

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 Q124295935. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 2009, 2017 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Martha Jane King” 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.