Thomas Mifflin
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Thomas Mifflin was an American merchant, Continental Army officer, and politician who served as a prominent leader during the American Revolution and later as the first Governor of Pennsylvania.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Mifflin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1684011 — 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: Thomas Mifflin Context triple: [President of the Continental Congress, officeHolder, Thomas Mifflin]
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A.
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence and later served as governor of Pennsylvania.
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B.
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the first U.S. Attorney General and played a key role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution.
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C.
Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and Founding Father who played a key role in drafting and penning much of the final text of the United States Constitution.
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D.
James Wilson
James Wilson was a Scottish-American Founding Father, influential legal theorist, and early U.S. Supreme Court Justice who played a key role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution.
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E.
James Wilson
James Wilson was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and politician best known for founding the influential weekly newspaper The Economist and later serving as a key financial administrator for the British government in India.
- 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: Thomas Mifflin Target entity description: Thomas Mifflin was an American merchant, Continental Army officer, and politician who served as a prominent leader during the American Revolution and later as the first Governor of Pennsylvania.
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A.
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence and later served as governor of Pennsylvania.
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B.
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the first U.S. Attorney General and played a key role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution.
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C.
Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and Founding Father who played a key role in drafting and penning much of the final text of the United States Constitution.
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D.
James Wilson
James Wilson was a Scottish-American Founding Father, influential legal theorist, and early U.S. Supreme Court Justice who played a key role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution.
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E.
James Wilson
James Wilson was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and politician best known for founding the influential weekly newspaper The Economist and later serving as a key financial administrator for the British government in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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Continental Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ merchant ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lancaster ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Colony of Pennsylvania
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1744-01-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1800-01-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Pennsylvania
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surface form:
College of Philadelphia
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| familyName | Mifflin ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Philosophical Society
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Continental Congress ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
First Governor of Pennsylvania under the state constitution of 1790
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Presiding over the Continental Congress when it ratified the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ Service as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leadership in the American Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Governor of Pennsylvania 1799
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President of Pennsylvania 1790 ⓘ President of the Continental Congress 1784 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Governor of Pennsylvania 1790
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President of Pennsylvania 1788 ⓘ President of the Continental Congress 1783 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Delegate to the Continental Congress
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Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ Major General in the Continental Army ⓘ Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ Member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council ⓘ President of Pennsylvania ⓘ President of the Continental Congress ⓘ Quartermaster General of the Continental Army ⓘ Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ |
| religion | Quaker ⓘ |
| residence | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| signatoryTo |
Articles of Confederation
ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Morris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Mifflin Description of subject: Thomas Mifflin was an American merchant, Continental Army officer, and politician who served as a prominent leader during the American Revolution and later as the first Governor of Pennsylvania.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.