Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

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political event presidential inauguration

The Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 ceremony in Washington, D.C., at which Lincoln began his second term as U.S. president and delivered his famously reflective and conciliatory second inaugural address near the end of the Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln canonical	2
second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4773974 — 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: Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Context triple: [Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, hasPart, Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln]

A. Second inauguration of James Monroe
The Second inauguration of James Monroe was the 1821 ceremony in which Monroe was sworn in for his second term as the fifth president of the United States, during the Era of Good Feelings.
B. Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln was the period from 1861 to 1865 during which Lincoln led the United States through the Civil War, preserved the Union, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
C. First inauguration of James Monroe
The First inauguration of James Monroe was the 1817 ceremony in which James Monroe was sworn in as the fifth president of the United States, marking the start of the so-called “Era of Good Feelings.”
D. Ulysses S. Grant administration
The Ulysses S. Grant administration was the U.S. presidential administration from 1869 to 1877, marked by Reconstruction efforts, civil rights legislation, and significant western development initiatives.
E. 1860 United States presidential election
The 1860 United States presidential election was the pivotal contest that brought Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and precipitated the secession crisis leading to the American Civil War.
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: Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Target entity description: The Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 ceremony in Washington, D.C., at which Lincoln began his second term as U.S. president and delivered his famously reflective and conciliatory second inaugural address near the end of the Civil War.

A. Second inauguration of James Monroe
The Second inauguration of James Monroe was the 1821 ceremony in which Monroe was sworn in for his second term as the fifth president of the United States, during the Era of Good Feelings.
B. Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln was the period from 1861 to 1865 during which Lincoln led the United States through the Civil War, preserved the Union, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
C. First inauguration of James Monroe
The First inauguration of James Monroe was the 1817 ceremony in which James Monroe was sworn in as the fifth president of the United States, marking the start of the so-called “Era of Good Feelings.”
D. Ulysses S. Grant administration
The Ulysses S. Grant administration was the U.S. presidential administration from 1869 to 1877, marked by Reconstruction efforts, civil rights legislation, and significant western development initiatives.
E. 1860 United States presidential election
The 1860 United States presidential election was the pivotal contest that brought Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and precipitated the secession crisis leading to the American Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political event ⓘ presidential inauguration ⓘ
attendee	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ Andrew Johnson ⓘ diplomatic corps ⓘ large public crowd ⓘ members of the United States Congress ⓘ
beforeEvent	assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
category	1865 in American politics ⓘ Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ United States presidential inaugurations ⓘ linked to: United States presidential inauguration
chiefJusticeAdministeringOath	Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
chronologyWithinPresidency	second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ linked to: Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	1865-03-04 ⓘ
duringConflict	American Civil War ⓘ
featuresAddress	Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address ⓘ
followedBy	assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
genre	inauguration ceremony ⓘ
government	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPart	oath of office of the President of the United States ⓘ second inaugural address ⓘ linked to: Second Inaugural Address
hasSubject	Union victory ⓘ divine providence ⓘ reconciliation between North and South ⓘ slavery ⓘ
location	East Front of the United States Capitol ⓘ linked to: East Portico of the United States Capitol United States Capitol ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mediaType	public ceremony ⓘ
notableFor	conciliatory message toward the South ⓘ phrase "with malice toward none, with charity for all" ⓘ reflective tone ⓘ religious and biblical references ⓘ second inaugural address ⓘ
oathAdministeredBy	Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
officeAssumed	President of the United States ⓘ
ordinalInOffice	second term ⓘ
organizer	Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies ⓘ linked to: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
partOf	American Civil War ⓘ presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
precededBy	first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ linked to: First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
president	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
significance	marked beginning of Lincoln's second presidential term ⓘ took place near the end of the American Civil War ⓘ
vicePresident	Andrew Johnson ⓘ
year	1865 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln → hasPart → Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ

First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln → followedBy → Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ

Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln → chronologyWithinPresidency → second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ

linked to: Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

Lucy Lambert Hale → presentAt → second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ