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Ron D. Givens

American state legislator and real estate agent

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ17916893 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ron D. Givens (March 17, 1952 – September 25, 2023) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member for the 83rd district of the Texas House of Representatives.

Life and career

Ron D. Givens was born in Lubbock, Texas, on March 17, 1952. He attended Huston–Tillotson University.

Givens was a real estate agent.

Givens served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1985 to 1989.

Ron D. Givens died on September 25, 2023, at the age of 71.

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The public source identifies “Ron D. Givens” as american state legislator and real estate agent. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Givens, American and state.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1952, 2023, 1985, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1952-03-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Givens, American and state providing the first useful test.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17916893. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1952, 2023, 1985 and 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ron D. Givens” 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.