Roscoe Conkling
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Roscoe Conkling was a powerful 19th-century American Republican politician and U.S. Senator from New York known for his fierce advocacy of patronage politics and leadership of the party’s Stalwart wing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roscoe Conkling canonical | 3 |
| Thomas C. Platt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4408287 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roscoe Conkling Context triple: [Stalwart faction of the Republican Party, notableLeader, Roscoe Conkling]
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A.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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Roscoe Conkling Bruce
Roscoe Conkling Bruce was an African American educator and public school administrator in Washington, D.C., known for his leadership in black education during the early 20th century.
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John T. Corley
John T. Corley was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer renowned for his valor and leadership during World War II and the Korean War.
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E.
Levi P. Morton
Levi P. Morton was an American politician, banker, and diplomat who served as the 22nd vice president of the United States and later as governor of New York.
- 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: Roscoe Conkling Target entity description: Roscoe Conkling was a powerful 19th-century American Republican politician and U.S. Senator from New York known for his fierce advocacy of patronage politics and leadership of the party’s Stalwart wing.
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A.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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C.
Roscoe Conkling Bruce
Roscoe Conkling Bruce was an African American educator and public school administrator in Washington, D.C., known for his leadership in black education during the early 20th century.
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D.
John T. Corley
John T. Corley was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer renowned for his valor and leadership during World War II and the Korean War.
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E.
Levi P. Morton
Levi P. Morton was an American politician, banker, and diplomat who served as the 22nd vice president of the United States and later as governor of New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States senator
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| admittedToBar | New York State Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from exposure after a blizzard fall ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1829-10-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1888-04-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | local schools in Utica, New York ⓘ |
| familyName | Conkling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Roscoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| name | Roscoe Conkling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedBy | Chester A. Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of patronage and the spoils system
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conflict with President James A. Garfield over federal appointments ⓘ influence in New York Republican machine politics ⓘ leadership of the Stalwart wing of the Republican Party ⓘ opposition to civil service reform ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Reconstruction-era national politics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Albany, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| politicalAlignment | Stalwart faction of the Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
ⓘ
United States Senator from New York ⓘ |
| reasonForResignation | protest over federal patronage appointments in New York ⓘ |
| relative |
Alfred Conkling
NERFINISHED
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Frederick A. Conkling NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscoe Conkling (grandson, New York City district attorney) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
Utica, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resignedFromPosition | United States Senate seat from New York in 1881 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Julia Catherine Seymour Conkling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusOfSupremeCourtNomination | declined by Roscoe Conkling ⓘ |
| supported |
Ulysses S. Grant
NERFINISHED
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third-term presidential ambitions of Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City, New York
NERFINISHED
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Utica, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roscoe Conkling Description of subject: Roscoe Conkling was a powerful 19th-century American Republican politician and U.S. Senator from New York known for his fierce advocacy of patronage politics and leadership of the party’s Stalwart wing.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thomas C. Platt