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Ray J. Nye

American politician (1871–1937)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7297655 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ray J. Nye (March 21, 1871 – June 17, 1937) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate.

Early life

Ray J. Nye was born in Davenport, Iowa on March 21, 1871. He moved to Superior, Wisconsin in 1892.

Career

Nye served four terms on the Douglas County, Wisconsin Board, eventually becoming chairman of the board. He was a member of the Assembly in 1907 and again from 1911 to 1915 and of the Senate from 1919 to 1921. Nye was a Republican.

Nye died in Superior on June 17, 1937, after a year-long illness.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ray J. Nye” as american politician (1871–1937). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1871, 1937, 1892, 1907—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1871-03-21. The account is most persuasive where American and politician can be independently traced.
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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 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7297655. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1871, 1937, 1892 and 1907.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ray J. Nye” 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.