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Michael Gruitza

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6830825 ↗
Source-derived summary

Michael C. Gruitza (Romanian: Gruița; born May 2, 1951) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Gruzita attended Kennedy Catholic High School, graduating in 1969.

He earned a degree from Gannon College in 1973 and a law degree from Ohio Northern University in 1977.

He was first elected to represent the 7th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1980. He retired prior to the 2006 elections.

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External links

Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Michael Gruitza official PA House website

Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus - Rep.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Michael Gruitza” as american politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1969, 1973, 1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-05-02. The account is most persuasive where Michael, Gruitza and American can be independently traced.
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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

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6830825. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951, 1969, 1973 and 1977.

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This entry incorporates text from “Michael Gruitza” 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.