Robert A. Taft
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Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert A. Taft canonical | 19 |
| Lloyd Bowers Taft | 1 |
| Robert Alphonso Taft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78706 — 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: Robert A. Taft Context triple: [Profiles in Courage, describes, Robert A. Taft]
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A.
Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley was an American Democratic politician who served as the 35th vice president of the United States and a long-time U.S. senator from Kentucky.
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B.
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner was an American Democratic politician who served as the 32nd vice president of the United States and a powerful Speaker of the House before that.
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C.
Wallace Harrison
Wallace Harrison was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for leading major modernist projects in New York City, including significant civic and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis was an American politician and member of the Kaw Nation who served as the 31st vice president of the United States and was the first person of significant Native American ancestry to hold that office.
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E.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 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: Robert A. Taft Target entity description: Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
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A.
Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley was an American Democratic politician who served as the 35th vice president of the United States and a long-time U.S. senator from Kentucky.
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B.
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner was an American Democratic politician who served as the 32nd vice president of the United States and a powerful Speaker of the House before that.
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C.
Wallace Harrison
Wallace Harrison was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for leading major modernist projects in New York City, including significant civic and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis was an American politician and member of the Kaw Nation who served as the 31st vice president of the United States and was the first person of significant Native American ancestry to hold that office.
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E.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Republican Party politician
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United States senator ⓘ conservative politician ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1889-09-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| candidateIn |
1940 Republican Party presidential primaries
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1948 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ 1952 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| child |
Horace Dwight Taft
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Robert A. Taft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lloyd Bowers Taft
Robert Taft Jr. ⓘ William Howard Taft III ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
Taft–Hartley Act
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surface form:
Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1953-07-31 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1953-07-31 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alphonso Taft
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surface form:
Taft
|
| father |
President William Howard Taft
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surface form:
William Howard Taft
|
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon ⓘ |
| ideology | American conservatism ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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surface form:
United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
|
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| middleName |
Alfonso
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surface form:
Alphonso
|
| mother | Helen Herron Taft ⓘ |
| nickname | Mr. Republican ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential conservative leadership in the U.S. Senate
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leadership of the conservative wing of the Republican Party ⓘ |
| notableWork | Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| opposed |
New Deal
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North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ
surface form:
United States entry into NATO
postwar internationalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States senator
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United States senator from Ohio ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| representedDistrict | Ohio ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Charles Phelps Taft II ⓘ |
| spouse | Martha Wheaton Bowers ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939-01-03 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
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Input
Subject: Robert A. Taft Description of subject: Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William Howard Taft
this entity surface form:
Lloyd Bowers Taft
Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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notableBurial
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Robert A. Taft
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subject surface form:
Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery
Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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notableBurial
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Robert A. Taft
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subject surface form:
Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery
this entity surface form:
Robert Alphonso Taft