Abel P. Upshur
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Abel P. Upshur was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and later Secretary of State under President John Tyler.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abel P. Upshur canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10369417 — 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: Abel P. Upshur Context triple: [Upshur County, Texas, namedAfter, Abel P. Upshur]
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A.
Samuel S. Seward
Samuel S. Seward was an American physician, landowner, and politician best known as the father of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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B.
Townsend Harris
Townsend Harris was a 19th-century American diplomat best known for opening Japan to formal relations and trade with the United States through the Harris Treaty of 1858.
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C.
William H. Seward
William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
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D.
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American diplomat, politician, and son and grandson of U.S. presidents, best known for his role as U.S. minister to the United Kingdom during the Civil War.
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E.
Stephen R. Mallory
Stephen R. Mallory was an American politician who served as the Confederate States' Secretary of the Navy during the American Civil War.
- 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: Abel P. Upshur Target entity description: Abel P. Upshur was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and later Secretary of State under President John Tyler.
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A.
Samuel S. Seward
Samuel S. Seward was an American physician, landowner, and politician best known as the father of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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B.
Townsend Harris
Townsend Harris was a 19th-century American diplomat best known for opening Japan to formal relations and trade with the United States through the Harris Treaty of 1858.
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C.
William H. Seward
William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
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D.
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American diplomat, politician, and son and grandson of U.S. presidents, best known for his role as U.S. minister to the United Kingdom during the Civil War.
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E.
Stephen R. Mallory
Stephen R. Mallory was an American politician who served as the Confederate States' Secretary of the Navy during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ judge ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| appointedBy | John Tyler ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Virginia ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | explosion of a naval gun aboard USS Princeton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1790-06-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1844-02-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of New Jersey (Princeton University) (briefly attended)
ⓘ
linked to:
College of New Jersey
Yale College (did not graduate) ⓘ
linked to:
Yale College (attended, did not graduate)
|
| familyName |
Upshur
ⓘ
linked to:
Upshur County
|
| fullName | Abel Parker Upshur ⓘ |
| givenName | Abel ⓘ |
| hasHonorificNamesake |
USS Upshur
ⓘ
Upshur County, Texas ⓘ Upshur County, West Virginia ⓘ |
| ideology | states’ rights constitutionalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role in U.S. naval reform
ⓘ
service in the cabinet of President John Tyler ⓘ support for states’ rights ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Whig Party ⓘ |
| notableEvent | negotiated early stages of the Texas annexation treaty ⓘ |
| notableWork | advocacy for the annexation of Texas ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
1843 (as U.S. Secretary of the Navy)
ⓘ
1844 (as U.S. Secretary of State) ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
1841 (as U.S. Secretary of the Navy)
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1843 (as U.S. Secretary of State) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Northampton County, Virginia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Potomac River, near Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
Potomac River
|
| positionHeld |
United States Secretary of State
ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
linked to:
Secretary of the Navy
Virginia state legislator ⓘ judge of the General Court of Virginia ⓘ member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Virginia ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| servedIn | administration of John Tyler ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Virginia ⓘ |
| studiedLawIn | Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abel P. Upshur Description of subject: Abel P. Upshur was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and later Secretary of State under President John Tyler.
Referenced by (4)
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