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Mark Stiles

American politician from Texas

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ27517678 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mark W. Stiles (born November 3, 1948) is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 21st district in the Texas House of Representatives from 1983 to 1999. The Mark Stiles Unit is named after him.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 1983, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-11-03. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mark, Stiles and American providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mark Stiles”, the useful work is to connect “american politician from Texas” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

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 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27517678. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948, 1983 and 1999.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mark Stiles” 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.