William Edgar Borah
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William Edgar Borah was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Idaho, known for his isolationist foreign policy views and influential role in national politics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Edgar Borah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6680259 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edgar Borah Context triple: [Borah Peak, namedAfter, William Edgar Borah]
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A.
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler was a prominent early-20th-century U.S. senator from Montana known for his progressive politics, opposition to corporate power, and frequent clashes with presidential authority.
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B.
Grover T. Muldoon
Grover T. Muldoon is a fast-talking, streetwise Chicago car thief portrayed by Richard Pryor in the 1976 comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak."
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C.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
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D.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
- 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 Edgar Borah Target entity description: William Edgar Borah was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Idaho, known for his isolationist foreign policy views and influential role in national politics.
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A.
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler was a prominent early-20th-century U.S. senator from Montana known for his progressive politics, opposition to corporate power, and frequent clashes with presidential authority.
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B.
Grover T. Muldoon
Grover T. Muldoon is a fast-talking, streetwise Chicago car thief portrayed by Richard Pryor in the 1976 comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak."
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C.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
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D.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States senator
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1865-06-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Jasper County, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Boise, Idaho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morris Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| candidateIn | 1936 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1940-01-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource | United States Congressional Biographical Directory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Kansas (attended, did not graduate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedIn | 1906 United States Senate election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1940 (service in U.S. Senate) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Borah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| ideology |
isolationism
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progressivism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of non-interventionist foreign policy
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leadership among Senate progressives ⓘ opposition to United States membership in the League of Nations ⓘ opposition to the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| middleName | Edgar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nickname | The Lion of Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | influence on 1920s and 1930s U.S. foreign policy debates ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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United States senator ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Boise, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reElectedIn |
1912 United States Senate election
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1918 United States Senate election ⓘ 1924 United States Senate election NERFINISHED ⓘ 1930 United States Senate election NERFINISHED ⓘ 1936 United States Senate election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| represented | Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Boise, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary McConnell Borah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1907 (service in U.S. Senate) ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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