Caesar Rodney
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Caesar Rodney was an American lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware, famed for his overnight ride to cast a crucial vote for independence in 1776.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caesar Rodney canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5555141 — 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: Caesar Rodney Context triple: [Rodney Square, namedAfter, Caesar Rodney]
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A.
Esek Hopkins
Esek Hopkins was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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C.
George Read
George Read was an American lawyer, signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and an early political leader from Delaware who served in the nation’s first Congress.
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D.
Francis Nash
Francis Nash was an American Revolutionary War brigadier general from North Carolina who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown and later honored as the namesake of Nashville, Tennessee.
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E.
Sir Thomas Gates
Sir Thomas Gates was an early 17th-century English colonial governor and military leader who played a key role in the survival and governance of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.
- 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: Caesar Rodney Target entity description: Caesar Rodney was an American lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware, famed for his overnight ride to cast a crucial vote for independence in 1776.
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A.
Esek Hopkins
Esek Hopkins was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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C.
George Read
George Read was an American lawyer, signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and an early political leader from Delaware who served in the nation’s first Congress.
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D.
Francis Nash
Francis Nash was an American Revolutionary War brigadier general from North Carolina who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown and later honored as the namesake of Nashville, Tennessee.
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E.
Sir Thomas Gates
Sir Thomas Gates was an early 17th-century English colonial governor and military leader who played a key role in the survival and governance of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
Continental Congress delegate ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appearsOn | Delaware state quarter reverse design (1999) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1728-10-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kent County, Delaware Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Dover, Delaware Colony ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware
NERFINISHED
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Caesar Rodney equestrian statue formerly at Rodney Square, Wilmington, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ Caesar Rodney postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Delaware Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1784-06-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kent County, Delaware
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poplar Grove, near Dover, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rodney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Caesar Rodney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| healthIssue |
asthma
ⓘ
facial cancer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
decisive vote for independence on July 2, 1776
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overnight horseback ride to Philadelphia in 1776 ⓘ signing the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Continental Congress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delaware General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier General ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ride from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia to vote for independence ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
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Delaware constitutional politics during the American Revolution ⓘ Second Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Patriot ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Brigadier General of Delaware militia
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Delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ High Sheriff of Kent County, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice of the Peace in Kent County, Delaware ⓘ President of Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaker of the Delaware Assembly ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| represented | Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Dover, Delaware
NERFINISHED
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Kent County, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signed | United States Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Caesar Rodney Description of subject: Caesar Rodney was an American lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware, famed for his overnight ride to cast a crucial vote for independence in 1776.
Referenced by (1)
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