Fernando Wood
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Fernando Wood was a 19th-century American politician best known as a longtime U.S. Congressman and controversial mayor of New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fernando Wood canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4408177 — 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: Fernando Wood Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Fernando Wood]
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A.
Fiorello H. La Guardia
Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
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B.
George Washington Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
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C.
Alfred Leo Smith
Alfred Leo Smith was a Native American man whose denial of unemployment benefits for using peyote in a religious ceremony led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, reshaping constitutional law on religious freedom.
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D.
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of New York and later as a U.S. senator, known for his advocacy of social welfare and liberal policies.
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E.
George B. Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou was an American public official who served in multiple cabinet positions under President Theodore Roosevelt, including as the first head of the Department of Commerce and Labor and later as Secretary of the Treasury.
- 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: Fernando Wood Target entity description: Fernando Wood was a 19th-century American politician best known as a longtime U.S. Congressman and controversial mayor of New York City.
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A.
Fiorello H. La Guardia
Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
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B.
George Washington Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
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C.
Alfred Leo Smith
Alfred Leo Smith was a Native American man whose denial of unemployment benefits for using peyote in a religious ceremony led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, reshaping constitutional law on religious freedom.
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D.
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of New York and later as a U.S. senator, known for his advocacy of social welfare and liberal policies.
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E.
George B. Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou was an American public official who served in multiple cabinet positions under President Theodore Roosevelt, including as the first head of the Department of Commerce and Labor and later as Secretary of the Treasury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States
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linked to:
Calvary Cemetery, Queens
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1812-02-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1881-02-14 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
19th-century American politician
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longtime U.S. Congressman ⓘ |
| electedIn |
1854 New York City mayoral election
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1856 New York City mayoral election ⓘ 1859 New York City mayoral election ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Wood ⓘ |
| givenName | Fernando ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
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linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| notableFor |
being a controversial mayor of New York City
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leadership of New York City during the American Civil War era ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century American politics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia
|
| placeOfDeath | Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mayor of New York City
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Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| proposed | that New York City secede from the Union during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| relative | Henry A. Wise ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| represented |
New York's 3rd congressional district
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New York's 5th congressional district ⓘ New York's 9th congressional district ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Benjamin Wood ⓘ |
| termEnd |
1843-03-03 (first term in U.S. House of Representatives)
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1858-01-01 (as Mayor of New York City) ⓘ 1862-01-01 (as Mayor of New York City, second period) ⓘ 1865-03-03 (later service in U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ 1881-02-14 (final service in U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ |
| termStart |
1841-03-04 (first term in U.S. House of Representatives)
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1855-01-01 (as Mayor of New York City) ⓘ 1860-01-01 (as Mayor of New York City, second period) ⓘ 1863-03-04 (later service in U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ 1867-03-04 (subsequent service in U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ |
| wasAccusedOf |
corruption while serving as mayor of New York City
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links to the Tammany Hall political machine ⓘ |
| workedAs |
merchant
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real estate investor ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fernando Wood Description of subject: Fernando Wood was a 19th-century American politician best known as a longtime U.S. Congressman and controversial mayor of New York City.
Referenced by (7)
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