Francis Preston Blair
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Francis Preston Blair was a prominent 19th-century American journalist and political adviser who became an influential figure in national politics as a close ally of President Andrew Jackson and a key leader in the Democratic and later Republican parties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Francis P. Blair Jr. | 3 |
| Francis Preston Blair canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4819240 — 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: Francis Preston Blair Context triple: [Blair House, namedAfter, Francis Preston Blair]
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Amos Kendall
Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
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B.
Benjamin W. S. Cabell
Benjamin W. S. Cabell was a 19th-century American figure best known as the father of Confederate general and Dallas mayor William L. Cabell.
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C.
Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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D.
George Alexander Stevens
George Alexander Stevens was an 18th-century English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his popular satirical lecture series "A Lecture on Heads."
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E.
Benjamin Ely
Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Francis Preston Blair Target entity description: Francis Preston Blair was a prominent 19th-century American journalist and political adviser who became an influential figure in national politics as a close ally of President Andrew Jackson and a key leader in the Democratic and later Republican parties.
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A.
Amos Kendall
Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
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B.
Benjamin W. S. Cabell
Benjamin W. S. Cabell was a 19th-century American figure best known as the father of Confederate general and Dallas mayor William L. Cabell.
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C.
Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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D.
George Alexander Stevens
George Alexander Stevens was an 18th-century English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his popular satirical lecture series "A Lecture on Heads."
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E.
Benjamin Ely
Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ political adviser ⓘ |
| advisorTo |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
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Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Van Buren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Blair House, official guest house of the U.S. President NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rock Creek Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Elizabeth Blair Lee
NERFINISHED
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Francis Preston Blair Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeAllyOf | Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1791-04-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1876-10-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots-Irish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anti-slavery advocacy within major parties
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influence in national politics during the Jacksonian era ⓘ mediating between political factions ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
Free Soil Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| notableRelative |
Benjamin Gratz Brown
NERFINISHED
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Gideon Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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newspaper editor ⓘ political adviser ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| owned | Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Abingdon, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
formation of the Republican Party
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opposition to the expansion of slavery ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Jacksonian Democrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalMovement |
Free Soil movement
NERFINISHED
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Jacksonian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Blair House, Washington, D.C.
NERFINISHED
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Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Eliza Violet Gist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Francis Preston Blair Description of subject: Francis Preston Blair was a prominent 19th-century American journalist and political adviser who became an influential figure in national politics as a close ally of President Andrew Jackson and a key leader in the Democratic and later Republican parties.
Referenced by (6)
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