George Washington Plunkitt
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George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| George Washington Plunkitt canonical | 2 |
| Plunkitt of Tammany Hall | 2 |
| Luther Plunkitt | 1 |
| Plunkitt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1552504 — 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: George Washington Plunkitt Context triple: [Tammany Hall, associatedWith, George Washington Plunkitt]
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A.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Boss Tweed
Boss Tweed was a powerful 19th-century American political boss who led a notoriously corrupt political machine in New York City.
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C.
John Swope
John Swope was an American photographer and aviator known for his work documenting World War II and Hollywood, and for being married to actress Dorothy McGuire.
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D.
Alfred Leo Smith
Alfred Leo Smith was a Native American man whose denial of unemployment benefits for using peyote in a religious ceremony led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, reshaping constitutional law on religious freedom.
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E.
Fiorello H. La Guardia
Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
- 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: George Washington Plunkitt Target entity description: George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
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A.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Boss Tweed
Boss Tweed was a powerful 19th-century American political boss who led a notoriously corrupt political machine in New York City.
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C.
John Swope
John Swope was an American photographer and aviator known for his work documenting World War II and Hollywood, and for being married to actress Dorothy McGuire.
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D.
Alfred Leo Smith
Alfred Leo Smith was a Native American man whose denial of unemployment benefits for using peyote in a religious ceremony led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, reshaping constitutional law on religious freedom.
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E.
Fiorello H. La Guardia
Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York State politician
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Tammany Hall leader ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| activeIn | New York City politics ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Democratic Party organization in Manhattan
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New York County Courthouse patronage system ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept | honest graft ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1842-11-17 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Calvary Cemetery, Queens ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1924-11-19 ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Irish-American ⓘ |
| familyName |
George Washington Plunkitt
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Plunkitt
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| fullName | George Washington Plunkitt self-link ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | George ⓘ |
| ideology | machine politics ⓘ |
| influenced | public understanding of urban political machines ⓘ |
| interviewedBy | William L. Riordon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
candid explanations of political patronage
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defense of political patronage as beneficial to constituents ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
New York State Senate
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Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of "honest graft"
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leadership in Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| notableQuote | "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em." ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| politicalBase |
Manhattan
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New York County ⓘ |
| politicalMachine | Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| quotedIn |
George Washington Plunkitt
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
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| regionOfActivity |
New York
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surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| representedDistrict |
New York State Senate District 15
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surface form:
New York State Senate, 15th District
New York State Senate, 16th District ⓘ New York State Senate, 9th District ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| servedAs | New York State Senator ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
George Washington Plunkitt
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
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| timePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George Washington Plunkitt Description of subject: George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plunkitt
this entity surface form:
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
this entity surface form:
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
this entity surface form:
Luther Plunkitt