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Slater B. Stubbs

American politician (died 1867)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ123027100 ↗
Source-derived summary

Slater B. Stubbs (died July 3, 1867) was an American politician and medical doctor from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Cecil county in 1856 and in 1864.

Biography

Slater B. Stubbs He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Cecil county in 1856 and in 1864. He served as speaker pro tempore in 1864.

He worked as a physician in Rising Sun. He was a member of the Cecil County school board at the time of his death.

Stubbs married Sarah B. Haines, daughter of Edwin Haines. Their son was Slater B. Stubbs (died 1895). Stubbs lived in Rising Sun.

Stubbs died on July 3, 1867.

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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—1867, 1856, 1864, 1895—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Slater, Stubbs and American can be independently traced.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q123027100. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1867, 1856, 1864 and 1895.

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This entry incorporates text from “Slater B. Stubbs” 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.