Melancton Smith
E161073
Melancton Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York who became a leading voice against ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing for stronger protections of individual and states’ rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melancton Smith canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720669 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melancton Smith Context triple: [Anti-Federalists, notableMember, Melancton Smith]
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A.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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B.
Lewis Cass Judson
Lewis Cass Judson was an American pioneer and early settler associated with the development of the Pacific Northwest region.
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C.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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D.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
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E.
George Burroughs
George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
- 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: Melancton Smith Target entity description: Melancton Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York who became a leading voice against ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing for stronger protections of individual and states’ rights.
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A.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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B.
Lewis Cass Judson
Lewis Cass Judson was an American pioneer and early settler associated with the development of the Pacific Northwest region.
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C.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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D.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
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E.
George Burroughs
George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-federalist
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| activeIn | 18th-century American politics ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Anti-Federalist political thought in the United States
ⓘ
intellectual foundations of the United States Bill of Rights ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1744 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1798-07-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
ⓘ
law ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Melancton ⓘ |
| hasCause |
limiting centralized federal power
ⓘ
protection of individual rights ⓘ protection of states’ rights ⓘ |
| hasNotableOpponent |
Alexander Hamilton
ⓘ
Federalists at the New York Ratifying Convention ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of a bill of rights
ⓘ
arguments for broader representation in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ defense of states’ rights ⓘ opposition to ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York bar ⓘ |
| movement |
Anti-Federalists
ⓘ
surface form:
Anti-Federalism
|
| notableWork |
Anti-Federalist essays (attributed)
ⓘ
Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
surface form:
Anti-Federalist speeches at the New York Ratifying Convention
|
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
original form of the United States Constitution (without amendments)
ⓘ
strong centralized federal government without a bill of rights ⓘ |
| participantIn |
New York Ratifying Convention
ⓘ
debates over ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jamaica, Queens
ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaica, Queens County, Province of New York
|
| placeOfDeath | Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Anti-Federalists
ⓘ
surface form:
Anti-Federalist
|
| positionHeld |
delegate to the New York Ratifying Convention
ⓘ
member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
New York
ⓘ
Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York
ⓘ
Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ |
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Subject: Melancton Smith Description of subject: Melancton Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York who became a leading voice against ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing for stronger protections of individual and states’ rights.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Federal Farmer