Ward Hill Lamon
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Ward Hill Lamon was an American lawyer, close friend, and self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln who played a key role in protecting the president during threats such as the Baltimore Plot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ward Hill Lamon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8251377 — 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: Ward Hill Lamon Context triple: [Baltimore Plot, involvedPerson, Ward Hill Lamon]
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A.
Daniel Sickles
Daniel Sickles was a controversial Union general and politician best known for his unauthorized and disastrous advance at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
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B.
Lyman J. Gage
Lyman J. Gage was an American banker and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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C.
John J. Parker
John J. Parker was a prominent American judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and was once a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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D.
Joseph Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
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E.
William Hale
William Hale was a prominent Chicago real estate developer and businessman active in the late 19th century, known for backing innovative commercial architecture projects.
- 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: Ward Hill Lamon Target entity description: Ward Hill Lamon was an American lawyer, close friend, and self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln who played a key role in protecting the president during threats such as the Baltimore Plot.
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A.
Daniel Sickles
Daniel Sickles was a controversial Union general and politician best known for his unauthorized and disastrous advance at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
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B.
Lyman J. Gage
Lyman J. Gage was an American banker and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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C.
John J. Parker
John J. Parker was a prominent American judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and was once a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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D.
Joseph Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
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E.
William Hale
William Hale was a prominent Chicago real estate developer and businessman active in the late 19th century, known for backing innovative commercial architecture projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marshal
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Abraham Lincoln presidency ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1828-01-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Winchester, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Dorothy Lamon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1893-05-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Louisville School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lamon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Ward Hill Lamon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | biography ⓘ |
| givenName | Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acting as an unofficial bodyguard to Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
being a close friend of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ role in protecting Abraham Lincoln during the Baltimore Plot ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryConflictContext | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Life of Abraham Lincoln; From His Birth to His Inauguration as President NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participantIn | Baltimore Plot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Marshal for the District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Danville, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practicedLawWith | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Danville, Illinois, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| signature | Ward_Hill_Lamon_signature_image ⓘ |
| spouse | Angeline Turner Lamon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical studies on Lincoln’s inner circle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ward Hill Lamon Description of subject: Ward Hill Lamon was an American lawyer, close friend, and self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln who played a key role in protecting the president during threats such as the Baltimore Plot.
Referenced by (1)
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