Charles Evans Whittaker
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Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Evans Whittaker canonical | 4 |
| Charles Whittaker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3648268 — 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: Charles Evans Whittaker Context triple: [Stanley Forman Reed, replacedBy, Charles Evans Whittaker]
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A.
Edward Abel Smith
Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
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B.
Lewis M. Rutherfurd
Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
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C.
Ennis C. Whitehead
Ennis C. Whitehead was a U.S. Air Force general and World War II air commander known for his leadership in the Southwest Pacific theater.
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D.
Richard Grant White
Richard Grant White was a 19th-century American literary critic, Shakespearean scholar, and essayist known for his influential writings on English literature and language.
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E.
James Whittaker
James Whittaker was an early and influential leader of the Shaker religious movement in America, known for helping to organize and spread the sect’s communal, celibate, and egalitarian way of life.
- 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: Charles Evans Whittaker Target entity description: Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
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A.
Edward Abel Smith
Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
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B.
Lewis M. Rutherfurd
Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
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C.
Ennis C. Whitehead
Ennis C. Whitehead was a U.S. Air Force general and World War II air commander known for his leadership in the Southwest Pacific theater.
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D.
Richard Grant White
Richard Grant White was a 19th-century American literary critic, Shakespearean scholar, and essayist known for his influential writings on English literature and language.
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E.
James Whittaker
James Whittaker was an early and influential leader of the Shaker religious movement in America, known for helping to organize and spread the sect’s communal, celibate, and egalitarian way of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ |
| barAdmission | Missouri ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1901-02-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Troy, Kansas ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ |
| causeOfResignation | stress of Supreme Court workload ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1973-11-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kansas City, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
|
| educatedAt |
Kansas City School of Law
ⓘ
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law ⓘ |
| endTime | 1962-03-31 ⓘ |
| familyName | Whittaker ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| healthIssue | nervous exhaustion ⓘ |
| ideology | judicial moderation ⓘ |
| knownFor | rapid rise through the federal judiciary ⓘ |
| legalPhilosophy | case-by-case adjudication ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| militaryService | none ⓘ |
| nominatedAs |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
ⓘ
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ |
| notableCase | Baker v. Carr ⓘ |
| notableFor | first person to serve on district court, court of appeals, and Supreme Court within a decade ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Republican Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
|
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ |
| postRetirementActivity |
arbitrator
ⓘ
counsel to General Motors ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn |
Kansas City, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
|
| precededBy | Sherman Minton ⓘ |
| reasonForEndOfPosition | resignation ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| spouse | Winifred Whittaker ⓘ |
| startTime | 1957-03-25 ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Byron White
ⓘ
linked to:
Byron R. White
|
| workedAs | farmhand ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Evans Whittaker Description of subject: Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.