Alfred Emanuel Smith

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American politician human

Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Alfred E. Smith	6
Alfred Emanuel Smith canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257077 — 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: Alfred Emanuel Smith
Context triple: [Al Smith, birthName, Alfred Emanuel Smith]

A. Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
B. Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
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.
D. Adlai E. Stevenson I
Adlai E. Stevenson I was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
E. Charles Warren Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks was an American politician who served as the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909.
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: Alfred Emanuel Smith
Target entity description: Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.

A. Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
B. Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
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.
D. Adlai E. Stevenson I
Adlai E. Stevenson I was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
E. Charles Warren Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks was an American politician who served as the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Al Smith ⓘ Alfred Emanuel Smith ⓘ surface form: Alfred E. Smith
candidateInElection	1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
ethnicGroup	Irish American ⓘ Italian American ⓘ
familyName	Smith ⓘ
givenName	Alfred ⓘ
hasHeritage	working-class background ⓘ
hasHonor	Al Smith Dinner ⓘ Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation ⓘ
hasSpouse	Catherine Ann Dunn ⓘ
influenced	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
isSubjectOf	biographies on American political history ⓘ
knownFor	leadership of New York state government in the 1920s ⓘ urban, anti-Prohibition political stance ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
middleName	Emmanuel ⓘ surface form: Emanuel
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
nominatedFor	President of the United States ⓘ
notableFor	being the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for President of the United States ⓘ serving four terms as Governor of New York ⓘ
numberOfChildren	5 ⓘ
numberOfTermsInOffice	4 ⓘ
occupation	governor ⓘ politician ⓘ
opposed	Prohibition ⓘ
partOf	history of the Democratic Party in the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party urban liberal wing
positionHeld	Governor of New York ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
represented	interests of urban immigrants in U.S. politics ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
stateOfBirth	New York ⓘ
stateOfDeath	New York ⓘ
supported	progressive social policies ⓘ
workedOn	social welfare reforms in New York ⓘ
workLocation	Albany ⓘ surface form: Albany, New York New York City ⓘ

How these facts were elicited