Missouri Secretary of State

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executive branch office state constitutional office

The Missouri Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and managing the state’s official documents and archives.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Missouri Secretary of State canonical	7
Secretary of State of Missouri	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7831586 — 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: Missouri Secretary of State
Context triple: [Missouri state government, hasOffice, Missouri Secretary of State]

A. Missouri State Auditor
The Missouri State Auditor is the elected official responsible for overseeing and evaluating the financial operations and performance of state agencies and local governments in Missouri.
B. Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
The Lieutenant Governor of Missouri is a statewide elected official who serves as the state's second-highest executive officer, acting as the governor's successor and performing various legislative, ceremonial, and advocacy duties.
C. Missouri Attorney General
The Missouri Attorney General is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Missouri in legal matters, enforcing state law, and protecting the public interest.
D. Governor of Missouri
The Governor of Missouri is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Missouri, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch, implementing laws, and guiding public policy.
E. Iowa Secretary of State
The Iowa Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory duties in the state of Iowa.
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: Missouri Secretary of State
Target entity description: The Missouri Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and managing the state’s official documents and archives.

A. Missouri State Auditor
The Missouri State Auditor is the elected official responsible for overseeing and evaluating the financial operations and performance of state agencies and local governments in Missouri.
B. Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
The Lieutenant Governor of Missouri is a statewide elected official who serves as the state's second-highest executive officer, acting as the governor's successor and performing various legislative, ceremonial, and advocacy duties.
C. Missouri Attorney General
The Missouri Attorney General is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Missouri in legal matters, enforcing state law, and protecting the public interest.
D. Governor of Missouri
The Governor of Missouri is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Missouri, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch, implementing laws, and guiding public policy.
E. Iowa Secretary of State
The Iowa Secretary of State is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and performing various administrative and regulatory duties in the state of Iowa.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive branch office ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Missouri ⓘ
branch	executive branch of Missouri ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Missouri Constitution ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdBy	Missouri Constitution of 1820 ⓘ linked to: Missouri Constitution
electionCycle	every four years ⓘ
inauguralHolder	Joshua Barton ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Missouri ⓘ linked to: Missouri state government
officeAssumedOn	January 9, 2017 ⓘ
officeHolderSince	January 9, 2017 ⓘ
officeLocation	Missouri State Capitol ⓘ
oversees	elections in Missouri ⓘ local election authorities ⓘ statewide election administration ⓘ
partOf	Missouri state government ⓘ
position	Missouri Secretary of State ⓘ Missouri Secretary of State ⓘ
positionHeldBy	John R. Ashcroft ⓘ linked to: John Ashcroft
residenceRequirement	Missouri resident ⓘ
responsibleFor	Missouri Blue Book publication ⓘ Missouri State Archives ⓘ Missouri State Library ⓘ Uniform Commercial Code filings ⓘ linked to: Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code ballot measures certification ⓘ business entity registrations ⓘ campaign finance filings repository ⓘ candidate filing for state offices ⓘ certification of election results ⓘ corporation filings ⓘ enforcement of Missouri election laws ⓘ initiative petition process administration ⓘ limited liability company filings ⓘ lobbyist registration records ⓘ maintenance of official state records ⓘ notary public commissions ⓘ referendum petition process administration ⓘ securities regulation administration ⓘ state archives management ⓘ state publications ⓘ trademark registrations at state level ⓘ voter registration system oversight ⓘ
seat	Jefferson City, Missouri ⓘ
selectionMethod	popular election ⓘ
style	The Honorable ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termLimit	two consecutive terms ⓘ
website	https://www.sos.mo.gov/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Missouri state government → hasOffice → Missouri Secretary of State ⓘ

Missouri state government → electionAdministration → Missouri Secretary of State ⓘ

Roy Blunt → positionHeld → Missouri Secretary of State ⓘ

Great Seal of the State of Missouri → usedBy → Secretary of State of Missouri ⓘ