Claude R. Wickard
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Claude R. Wickard was the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, best known for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn that expanded federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Claude R. Wickard canonical | 1 |
| Claude Raymond Wickard | 1 |
| Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T125978 — 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: Claude R. Wickard Context triple: [Wickard v. Filburn, hasRespondent, Claude R. Wickard]
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A.
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes was an American statesman and jurist who served as governor of New York, U.S. Supreme Court justice and later chief justice, and U.S. secretary of state, and was the Republican nominee for president in 1916.
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B.
Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels was an influential American newspaper editor and publisher who later served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.
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C.
Robert H. Jackson
Robert H. Jackson was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and as the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II.
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D.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
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E.
Guy T. Helvering
Guy T. Helvering was a U.S. politician and Commissioner of Internal Revenue best known for his role in several landmark Supreme Court tax and Social Security cases.
- 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: Claude R. Wickard Target entity description: Claude R. Wickard was the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, best known for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn that expanded federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause.
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A.
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes was an American statesman and jurist who served as governor of New York, U.S. Supreme Court justice and later chief justice, and U.S. secretary of state, and was the Republican nominee for president in 1916.
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B.
Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels was an influential American newspaper editor and publisher who later served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.
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C.
Robert H. Jackson
Robert H. Jackson was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and as the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II.
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D.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
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E.
Guy T. Helvering
Guy T. Helvering was a U.S. politician and Commissioner of Internal Revenue best known for his role in several landmark Supreme Court tax and Social Security cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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farmer ⓘ government official ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| areaOfInfluence | United States agricultural policy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Purdue University ⓘ |
| employer | United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| era |
New Deal era
ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ |
| familyName |
Wickard v. Filburn
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surface form:
Wickard
|
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural policy
ⓘ
farm regulation ⓘ |
| fullName |
Claude R. Wickard
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Claude Raymond Wickard
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Claude ⓘ |
| hasHonor | induction into the Agricultural Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCase | Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| legalCaseOutcomeAssociatedWith | broad interpretation of the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| legalCaseRole | named party in Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| notableFor |
administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
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administration of wartime agricultural production ⓘ expansion of federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ implementation of New Deal farm programs ⓘ |
| notableWork | Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| occupation |
cabinet secretary
ⓘ
farmer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | World War II home-front mobilization ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cabinet of the United States
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surface form:
Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| placeOfOrigin | Indiana ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Undersecretary of Agriculture of the United States
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United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ member of the Indiana General Assembly ⓘ |
| predecessor | Henry A. Wallace ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence | Indiana ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| successor | Clinton P. Anderson ⓘ |
| workedOn |
food rationing policies during World War II
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price supports for agricultural commodities ⓘ production quotas for farmers ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Claude R. Wickard Description of subject: Claude R. Wickard was the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, best known for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn that expanded federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard
this entity surface form:
Claude Raymond Wickard