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Bob Usdane

American politician (1936-2011)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ4934250 ↗
Source-derived summary

Robert Bruce "Bob" Usdane (March 11, 1936 – January 4, 2011) was an American, Republican politician.

Usdane served in the Arizona Senate from 1977 to 1991 and was President of the Arizona Senate. At the time of his death Usdane resided in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Editorial summary

“Bob Usdane” enters the record as american politician (1936-2011). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Usdane, American and politician can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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—1936, 2011, 1977, 1991—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1936-03-11. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Usdane, American and politician.
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Why this record matters

“Bob Usdane” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Usdane, American and politician provides the most credible route into that argument.

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 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4934250. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1936, 2011, 1977 and 1991.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bob Usdane” 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.