Leon Czolgosz
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Leon Czolgosz was an American anarchist best known for assassinating U.S. President William McKinley in 1901.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leon Czolgosz canonical | 4 |
| Czolgosz | 1 |
| Leon Frank Czolgosz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1709411 — 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: Leon Czolgosz Context triple: [William McKinley, assassinatedBy, Leon Czolgosz]
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A.
Big Bill Haywood
Big Bill Haywood was a prominent early 20th-century American labor leader and founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World, known for his militant advocacy for workers’ rights and involvement in high-profile labor struggles.
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B.
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau was an American lawyer and disgruntled office seeker best known for assassinating U.S. President James A. Garfield in 1881.
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C.
George Atzerodt
George Atzerodt was a German-born conspirator in John Wilkes Booth’s plot who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson during the Lincoln assassination conspiracy.
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D.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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E.
John Bellingham
John Bellingham was a British merchant best known for assassinating Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812, the only successful assassination of a British prime minister.
- 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: Leon Czolgosz Target entity description: Leon Czolgosz was an American anarchist best known for assassinating U.S. President William McKinley in 1901.
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A.
Big Bill Haywood
Big Bill Haywood was a prominent early 20th-century American labor leader and founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World, known for his militant advocacy for workers’ rights and involvement in high-profile labor struggles.
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B.
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau was an American lawyer and disgruntled office seeker best known for assassinating U.S. President James A. Garfield in 1881.
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C.
George Atzerodt
George Atzerodt was a German-born conspirator in John Wilkes Booth’s plot who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson during the Lincoln assassination conspiracy.
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D.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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E.
John Bellingham
John Bellingham was a British merchant best known for assassinating Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812, the only successful assassination of a British prime minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anarchist
ⓘ
assassin ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | electrocution ⓘ |
| convictedOf | murder of William McKinley ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1873-05-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfCrime | 1901-09-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1901-10-29 ⓘ |
| employer |
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
ⓘ
Newburgh Wire Mill ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish American ⓘ |
| executionDate | 1901-10-29 ⓘ |
| executioner |
U.S. state of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
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| familyName |
Leon Czolgosz
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Czolgosz
|
| father | Paul Czolgosz ⓘ |
| fullName |
Leon Czolgosz
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Leon Frank Czolgosz
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| givenName | Leon ⓘ |
| hasCause | radical political beliefs ⓘ |
| headOfStateAssassinated | William McKinley ⓘ |
| heldPoliticalView | anti-government ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Progressive Era ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Emma Goldman ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
English
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| laterAffiliation | secularism ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| met | Emma Goldman ⓘ |
| mother |
Paul Czolgosz
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Czolgosz
|
| movement | anarchism ⓘ |
| notableEvent | assassination of William McKinley in 1901 ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassination of William McKinley ⓘ |
| numberOfShotsFired | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | factory worker ⓘ |
| partOf | history of political assassinations in the United States ⓘ |
| perpetrated | assassination of William McKinley ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Alpena
ⓘ
surface form:
Alpena, Michigan, United States
|
| placeOfBurial |
Auburn Correctional Facility
ⓘ
surface form:
Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York, United States
|
| placeOfCrime |
Pan-American Exposition
ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of Music, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Auburn Correctional Facility
ⓘ
surface form:
Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York, United States
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sentence | death ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Walters Czolgosz ⓘ |
| target | William McKinley ⓘ |
| trialEndDate | 1901-09-24 ⓘ |
| trialStartDate | 1901-09-23 ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | .32 caliber Iver Johnson revolver ⓘ |
| victimOfCrime | execution by electrocution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leon Czolgosz Description of subject: Leon Czolgosz was an American anarchist best known for assassinating U.S. President William McKinley in 1901.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leon Frank Czolgosz
this entity surface form:
Czolgosz