Max Baucus
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Max Baucus is an American Democratic politician who served for decades as a U.S. Senator from Montana and later as U.S. Ambassador to China.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max Baucus canonical | 1 |
| Maxwell Sieben Baucus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4399057 — 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: Max Baucus Context triple: [National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, member, Max Baucus]
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A.
Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett was a prominent American college baseball coach best known for his long and successful tenure leading the Fresno State Bulldogs.
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B.
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Utah who became one of the most influential lawmakers in Congress, including service as president pro tempore of the Senate.
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C.
Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel was an American politician and former U.S. senator from Alaska known for his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War and his long-shot, anti-establishment presidential campaigns.
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D.
Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Alaska who became one of the Senate’s most powerful appropriators and influential conservative lawmakers.
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E.
Michael G. Oxley
Michael G. Oxley was an American Republican congressman from Ohio best known for co-authoring the landmark Sarbanes–Oxley corporate governance and financial reporting reform law.
- 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: Max Baucus Target entity description: Max Baucus is an American Democratic politician who served for decades as a U.S. Senator from Montana and later as U.S. Ambassador to China.
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A.
Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett was a prominent American college baseball coach best known for his long and successful tenure leading the Fresno State Bulldogs.
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B.
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Utah who became one of the most influential lawmakers in Congress, including service as president pro tempore of the Senate.
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C.
Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel was an American politician and former U.S. senator from Alaska known for his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War and his long-shot, anti-establishment presidential campaigns.
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D.
Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Alaska who became one of the Senate’s most powerful appropriators and influential conservative lawmakers.
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E.
Michael G. Oxley
Michael G. Oxley was an American Republican congressman from Ohio best known for co-authoring the landmark Sarbanes–Oxley corporate governance and financial reporting reform law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States senator
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ambassador ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Barack Obama ⓘ |
| birthName |
Maxwell Sieben Baucus
ⓘ
linked to:
Max Baucus
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| chairpersonOf | United States Senate Committee on Finance ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryRepresented | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-12-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford Law School
ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ |
| endTime |
1978-12-14
ⓘ
2003-01-03 ⓘ 2014-02-06 ⓘ 2017-01-20 ⓘ |
| familyName | Baucus ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
international relations
ⓘ
public policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Maxwell ⓘ |
| hasChild | Zeno Baucus ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Beijing, China
ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing
|
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | Longest-serving U.S. Senator in Montana history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Role in drafting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
ⓘ
Work on trade policy and free trade agreements ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| partyAffiliation |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| placeOfBirth |
Helena, Montana, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Helena, Montana
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| positionHeld |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana
ⓘ
United States Ambassador to China ⓘ United States Senator from Montana ⓘ
linked to:
United States Senator
|
| previousSpouse |
Ann Geracimos
ⓘ
Wanda Morrow ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| represents | Montana ⓘ |
| residence |
Montana, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Montana
|
| spouse | Melodee Hanes ⓘ |
| startTime |
1975-01-03
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1978-12-15 ⓘ 2001-06-06 ⓘ 2007-01-04 ⓘ 2014-03-20 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Max Baucus Description of subject: Max Baucus is an American Democratic politician who served for decades as a U.S. Senator from Montana and later as U.S. Ambassador to China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Max Baucus