James Duane
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James Duane was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later became the first post-Revolutionary mayor of New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Duane canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7948139 — 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: James Duane Context triple: [New York State Constitutional Convention of 1777, participant, James Duane]
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A.
Rufus Putnam
Rufus Putnam was an American Revolutionary War officer and surveyor known as the “Father of the Northwest Territory” for his leading role in settling and organizing the Ohio Country.
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B.
James Otis Sr.
James Otis Sr. was a prominent colonial Massachusetts lawyer, politician, and judge who played a significant role in pre-Revolutionary New England public life.
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C.
William Brattle Jr.
William Brattle Jr. was a prominent colonial-era landowner and public figure in New England whose influence led to the Vermont town of Brattleboro being named in his honor.
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D.
James Otis Jr.
James Otis Jr. was an influential colonial lawyer and early American revolutionary thinker whose arguments against British taxation helped lay the intellectual groundwork for the American Revolution.
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E.
Thomas Hutchinson
Thomas Hutchinson was a Loyalist colonial governor and historian of Massachusetts whose staunch support for British authority made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the American Revolution.
- 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: James Duane Target entity description: James Duane was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later became the first post-Revolutionary mayor of New York City.
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A.
Rufus Putnam
Rufus Putnam was an American Revolutionary War officer and surveyor known as the “Father of the Northwest Territory” for his leading role in settling and organizing the Ohio Country.
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B.
James Otis Sr.
James Otis Sr. was a prominent colonial Massachusetts lawyer, politician, and judge who played a significant role in pre-Revolutionary New England public life.
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C.
William Brattle Jr.
William Brattle Jr. was a prominent colonial-era landowner and public figure in New England whose influence led to the Vermont town of Brattleboro being named in his honor.
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D.
James Otis Jr.
James Otis Jr. was an influential colonial lawyer and early American revolutionary thinker whose arguments against British taxation helped lay the intellectual groundwork for the American Revolution.
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E.
Thomas Hutchinson
Thomas Hutchinson was a Loyalist colonial governor and historian of Massachusetts whose staunch support for British authority made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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jurist ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George Washington ⓘ |
| appointedTo | United States District Court for the District of New York ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Christ Church, Duanesburg, New York ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1733-02-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1797-02-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collegiate School (predecessor of Columbia University)
ⓘ
linked to:
King’s College, New York
|
| endTime | 1789 (as Mayor of New York City) ⓘ |
| familyName | Duane ⓘ |
| father | Anthony Duane ⓘ |
| founded |
Duanesburg, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Duanesburg, New York
|
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Continental Congress
ⓘ
Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to:
Federalists
New York Provincial Congress ⓘ New York State Senate ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| mother | Althea Ketaltas ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Livingston family (by marriage)
ⓘ
linked to:
Livingston family
|
| notableFor | being the first post-Revolutionary mayor of New York City ⓘ |
| notableWork |
leadership in post-Revolutionary New York City government
ⓘ
participation in drafting the Articles of Confederation ⓘ service in the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Schenectady, New York ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mayor of New York City
ⓘ
delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York ⓘ member of the Continental Congress ⓘ member of the New York Provincial Congress ⓘ member of the New York State Senate ⓘ member of the New York convention to ratify the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Duanesburg, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Duanesburg, New York
New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Livingston ⓘ |
| startTime | 1784 (as Mayor of New York City) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Duane Description of subject: James Duane was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later became the first post-Revolutionary mayor of New York City.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.