Frank R. Brushaber
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Frank R. Brushaber was the taxpayer and litigant whose U.S. Supreme Court case, Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (1916), helped establish the constitutionality of the federal income tax under the Sixteenth Amendment.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14873447 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank R. Brushaber Context triple: [Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., plaintiff, Frank R. Brushaber]
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Warren K. Blodgett
Warren K. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Blodgett.
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Ferdinand L. Barnett
Ferdinand L. Barnett was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist in Chicago who founded the influential black newspaper The Conservator and worked prominently for racial justice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Frank V. DuMond
Frank V. DuMond was an American painter and influential art instructor associated with the Art Students League of New York, known for his landscapes, portraits, and role in training many prominent artists.
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Franklin M. Fisher
Franklin M. Fisher was an influential American economist known for his work in econometrics, industrial organization, and antitrust economics, and for his long tenure as a professor at MIT.
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George N. Humphrey
George N. Humphrey was an American businessman and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, known for shaping and promoting the administration’s fiscally conservative “Modern Republican” economic policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank R. Brushaber Target entity description: Frank R. Brushaber was the taxpayer and litigant whose U.S. Supreme Court case, Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (1916), helped establish the constitutionality of the federal income tax under the Sixteenth Amendment.
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A.
Warren K. Blodgett
Warren K. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Blodgett.
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B.
Ferdinand L. Barnett
Ferdinand L. Barnett was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist in Chicago who founded the influential black newspaper The Conservator and worked prominently for racial justice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Frank V. DuMond
Frank V. DuMond was an American painter and influential art instructor associated with the Art Students League of New York, known for his landscapes, portraits, and role in training many prominent artists.
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D.
Franklin M. Fisher
Franklin M. Fisher was an influential American economist known for his work in econometrics, industrial organization, and antitrust economics, and for his long tenure as a professor at MIT.
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E.
George N. Humphrey
George N. Humphrey was an American businessman and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, known for shaping and promoting the administration’s fiscally conservative “Modern Republican” economic policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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