James Wilson
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James Wilson was a Scottish-American Founding Father, influential legal theorist, and early U.S. Supreme Court Justice who played a key role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Wilson canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T252820 — 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.
Target entity: James Wilson Context triple: [Framers of the United States Constitution, notableMember, James Wilson]
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Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and Founding Father who played a key role in drafting and penning much of the final text of the United States Constitution.
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Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
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C.
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence and later served as governor of Pennsylvania.
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D.
Hugh Mercer
Hugh Mercer was a Scottish-born American physician and brigadier general in the Continental Army who became a Revolutionary War hero after being mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton.
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E.
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, co-author of The Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice of the United States, and a key figure in the early formation of the U.S. government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: James Wilson Target entity description: James Wilson was a Scottish-American Founding Father, influential legal theorist, and early U.S. Supreme Court Justice who played a key role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution.
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A.
Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and Founding Father who played a key role in drafting and penning much of the final text of the United States Constitution.
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B.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
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C.
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence and later served as governor of Pennsylvania.
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D.
Hugh Mercer
Hugh Mercer was a Scottish-born American physician and brigadier general in the Continental Army who became a Revolutionary War hero after being mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton.
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E.
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, co-author of The Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice of the United States, and a key figure in the early formation of the U.S. government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Founding Father of the United States ⓘ legal theorist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George Washington ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1742-09-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Ceres, Fife, Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Christ Church, Philadelphia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1798-08-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Pennsylvania
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surface form:
College of Philadelphia
University of Edinburgh ⓘ University of Glasgow ⓘ University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| endTime | 1798-08-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| ideology | Federalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for popular sovereignty
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early theories of judicial review ⓘ influential lectures on law and government ⓘ major role in drafting the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Constitutional Convention
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surface form:
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Continental Congress ⓘ |
| notableEvent | delivered the 1787 "State House Yard" speech in favor of the Constitution ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lectures on Law ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
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lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ Professor of Law at the College of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| signatoryTo |
United States Constitution
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American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form:
United States Declaration of Independence
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| startTime | 1789-10-05 ⓘ |
| supported | strong national government ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Subject: James Wilson Description of subject: James Wilson was a Scottish-American Founding Father, influential legal theorist, and early U.S. Supreme Court Justice who played a key role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution.
Referenced by (12)
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