Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A. V. Ragsdale
We keep articles about state representatives per .  And even though he served in the 1890s he still has a bit of online presence: see https://books.google.com/books?id=-EdOAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA332&ots=SyKPDAt2Bq&dq=%22a%20v%20ragsdale%22%20washington%20representative&pg=PA332#v=onepage&q=%22a%20v%20ragsdale%22%20washington%20representative&f=false and https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QaBXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xvMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6969%2C1820000
— User:Arxiloxos, 22:48, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)