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Joseph McAneny

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6285418 ↗
Source-derived summary

Joseph J. McAneny (July 20, 1924 – February 19, 2007) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1924, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1924-07-20. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Joseph, McAneny and American.
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Why this record matters

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

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 Q6285418. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1924 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Joseph McAneny” 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.