Thomas Brackett Reed

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American politician Speaker of the United States House of Representatives human

Thomas Brackett Reed was a powerful late-19th-century American politician and reforming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives known for strengthening the Speaker’s authority and overcoming legislative obstruction through the “Reed Rules.”

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Thomas Brackett Reed canonical	4
Thomas B. Reed	3
Thomas B. Reed – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives	1
speakership of Thomas Brackett Reed	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10416212 — 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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Target entity: Thomas Brackett Reed
Context triple: [51st United States Congress, speakerOfTheHouse, Thomas Brackett Reed]

A. Joseph Gurney Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon was a powerful early 20th-century American politician who served as one of the most influential and autocratic Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives.
B. Orville H. Platt
Orville H. Platt was an American lawyer and long-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for the Platt Amendment that shaped U.S.–Cuba relations.
C. Thomas Reed
Thomas Reed was a 19th-century architect best known for designing Colombia’s National Capitol building in Bogotá.
D. George W. Norris
George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
E. John Sherman
John Sherman was a prominent 19th-century American politician and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, and is best known for the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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: Thomas Brackett Reed
Target entity description: Thomas Brackett Reed was a powerful late-19th-century American politician and reforming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives known for strengthening the Speaker’s authority and overcoming legislative obstruction through the “Reed Rules.”

A. Joseph Gurney Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon was a powerful early 20th-century American politician who served as one of the most influential and autocratic Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives.
B. Orville H. Platt
Orville H. Platt was an American lawyer and long-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for the Platt Amendment that shaped U.S.–Cuba relations.
C. Thomas Reed
Thomas Reed was a 19th-century architect best known for designing Colombia’s National Capitol building in Bogotá.
D. George W. Norris
George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
E. John Sherman
John Sherman was a prominent 19th-century American politician and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, and is best known for the Sherman Antitrust Act.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ human ⓘ
burialPlace	Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine ⓘ linked to: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine, United States
candidateInElection	1896 Republican presidential nomination contest ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stomach cancer ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1839-10-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1902-12-07 ⓘ
describedBySource	late-19th-century American political history ⓘ
educatedAt	Bowdoin College ⓘ
era	Gilded Age ⓘ
familyName	Reed ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
knownFor	curbing filibusters and obstruction in the House of Representatives ⓘ establishing the “Reed Rules” on House procedure ⓘ strengthening the authority of the Speaker of the House ⓘ
memberOf	Maine House of Representatives ⓘ United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party ⓘ
middleName	Brackett ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
movement	legislative procedural reform ⓘ
nickname	Czar Reed ⓘ
notableWork	Reed Rules ⓘ Tariff reform legislation management in the House ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Portland, Maine ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld	Attorney General of Maine ⓘ Member of the Maine House of Representatives ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ city solicitor of Portland, Maine ⓘ
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
represents	Maine's 1st congressional district ⓘ
residence	Portland, Maine ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Susan P. Merrill ⓘ
termEnd	first speakership: 1891-03-04 ⓘ second speakership: 1899-03-04 ⓘ
termStart	first speakership: 1889-12-02 ⓘ second speakership: 1895-12-02 ⓘ
workLocation	Portland, Maine ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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