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Robert Horgos

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7345616 ↗
Source-derived summary

Robert P. Horgos (born May 17, 1948) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

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The public source identifies “Robert Horgos” as american politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Robert, Horgos and American.

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—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-05-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Robert, Horgos and American providing the first useful test.
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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 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7345616. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948.

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This entry incorporates text from “Robert Horgos” 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.