Harold H. Burton
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Harold H. Burton was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold H. Burton canonical | 17 |
| Harold Hitz Burton | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T843428 — 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: Harold H. Burton Context triple: [Shelley v. Kraemer, joinedBy, Harold H. Burton]
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A.
Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois known for his influential leadership and key role in passing major civil rights legislation.
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B.
Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
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C.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
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D.
Birch Bayh
Birch Bayh was a prominent U.S. senator from Indiana known for his major legislative contributions, including authorship of key constitutional amendments and influential education and innovation laws.
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E.
Chester Bowles
Chester Bowles was an American diplomat, politician, and publisher who served as U.S. ambassador to India and governor of Connecticut, known for his liberal internationalist views and postwar economic policy work.
- 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: Harold H. Burton Target entity description: Harold H. Burton was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
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A.
Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois known for his influential leadership and key role in passing major civil rights legislation.
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B.
Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
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C.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
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D.
Birch Bayh
Birch Bayh was a prominent U.S. senator from Indiana known for his major legislative contributions, including authorship of key constitutional amendments and influential education and innovation laws.
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E.
Chester Bowles
Chester Bowles was an American diplomat, politician, and publisher who served as U.S. ambassador to India and governor of Connecticut, known for his liberal internationalist views and postwar economic policy work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Harry S. Truman
ⓘ
linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
|
| burialPlace | Rock Creek Cemetery ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | June 22, 1888 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | October 28, 1964 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bowdoin College
ⓘ
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| endTime |
1940 (as Mayor of Cleveland)
ⓘ
1945 (as United States Senator from Ohio) ⓘ 1958 (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ |
| familyName | Burton ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | bipartisan appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court by a Democratic president ⓘ |
| notableWork | participation in Brown v. Board of Education decision ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Vinson Court
ⓘ
Warren Court ⓘ
linked to:
Warren Court era
|
| placeOfBirth |
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Jamaica Plain
|
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C., United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
Mayor of Cleveland ⓘ United States Senator ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Selma Florence Smith ⓘ |
| startTime |
1935 (as Mayor of Cleveland)
ⓘ
1941 (as United States Senator from Ohio) ⓘ 1945 (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInSenate | Ohio ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cleveland, Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Cleveland
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harold H. Burton Description of subject: Harold H. Burton was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Harold H. Burton
linked to: Harold H. Burton