Hannibal Hamlin
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Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician from Maine who served as the first vice president under President Abraham Lincoln during the early years of the Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hannibal Hamlin canonical | 12 |
| Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13392 — 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: Hannibal Hamlin Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln, vicePresident, Hannibal Hamlin]
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A.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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B.
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis was an American politician and member of the Kaw Nation who served as the 31st vice president of the United States and was the first person of significant Native American ancestry to hold that office.
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C.
Charles Adams
Charles Adams was an American lawyer and the second son of U.S. President John Adams and Abigail Adams, known largely through his association with the prominent Adams political family.
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D.
Edward Everett
Edward Everett was a prominent 19th-century American politician, orator, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, governor of Massachusetts, and briefly as U.S. Secretary of State.
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E.
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner was an American Democratic politician who served as the 32nd vice president of the United States and a powerful Speaker of the House before that.
- 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: Hannibal Hamlin Target entity description: Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician from Maine who served as the first vice president under President Abraham Lincoln during the early years of the Civil War.
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A.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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B.
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis was an American politician and member of the Kaw Nation who served as the 31st vice president of the United States and was the first person of significant Native American ancestry to hold that office.
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C.
Charles Adams
Charles Adams was an American lawyer and the second son of U.S. President John Adams and Abigail Adams, known largely through his association with the prominent Adams political family.
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D.
Edward Everett
Edward Everett was a prominent 19th-century American politician, orator, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, governor of Massachusetts, and briefly as U.S. Secretary of State.
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E.
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner was an American Democratic politician who served as the 32nd vice president of the United States and a powerful Speaker of the House before that.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vice President of the United States
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1809-08-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1891-07-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hebron Academy ⓘ |
| endTime (vice presidency) | 1865 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamlin ⓘ |
| givenName |
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hannibal
|
| knownFor |
First Republican Vice President of the United States
ⓘ
Vice President under Abraham Lincoln’s first term ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
Free Soil Party ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Opposition to the expansion of slavery ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | 15th Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris, Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, Maine, United States
Paris, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bangor, Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangor, Maine, United States
|
| positionHeld |
Governor of Maine
ⓘ
Maine state representative ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine ⓘ Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senator from Maine ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Maine ⓘ |
| precededBy | John C. Breckinridge ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Bangor, Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangor, Maine, United States
|
| servesAsVicePresidentDuring | American Civil War ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ellen Vesta Emery
ⓘ
Sarah Jane Emery ⓘ |
| startTime (vice presidency) | 1861 ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInHouse | Maine ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInSenate | Maine ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Andrew Johnson ⓘ |
| vicePresidentOf | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| wasBornInAdministrativeEntity | Maine ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hannibal Hamlin Description of subject: Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician from Maine who served as the first vice president under President Abraham Lincoln during the early years of the Civil War.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States