William Cushing
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William Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from its inception in 1789 and played a key role in shaping foundational federal judicial authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Cushing canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5099705 — 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: William Cushing Context triple: [Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision), majorityBy, William Cushing]
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A.
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas is the city-slicker lawyer-turned-farmer protagonist of the classic American sitcom "Green Acres."
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B.
Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.
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C.
Daniel Cady
Daniel Cady was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from New York, best known today as the father of women's rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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D.
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley was an American physicist and former president of Bell Telephone Laboratories known for his influential contributions to telecommunications and condensed matter physics.
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E.
John Jay Shipherd
John Jay Shipherd was a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister and educational reformer best known for co-founding Oberlin College and promoting progressive ideals such as coeducation and abolitionism.
- 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: William Cushing Target entity description: William Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from its inception in 1789 and played a key role in shaping foundational federal judicial authority.
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A.
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas is the city-slicker lawyer-turned-farmer protagonist of the classic American sitcom "Green Acres."
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B.
Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.
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C.
Daniel Cady
Daniel Cady was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from New York, best known today as the father of women's rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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D.
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley was an American physicist and former president of Bell Telephone Laboratories known for his influential contributions to telecommunications and condensed matter physics.
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E.
John Jay Shipherd
John Jay Shipherd was a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister and educational reformer best known for co-founding Oberlin College and promoting progressive ideals such as coeducation and abolitionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ judge ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1732-03-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
British America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1810-09-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Scituate, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1810-09-13 ⓘ |
| familyName | Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| heritage | English-American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the original justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
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helping shape foundational federal judicial authority ⓘ serving on the U.S. Supreme Court from its inception in 1789 ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| mother | Deborah Scollay Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
early decisions defining federal judicial authority
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opinions supporting federal supremacy over state laws ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War era judiciary ⓘ |
| partOf | original composition of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | position created ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| signature | Signature of William Cushing (Supreme Court Justice).svg ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah Phillips Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1789-09-26 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Joseph Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Cushing Description of subject: William Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from its inception in 1789 and played a key role in shaping foundational federal judicial authority.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision)