Tom Vilsack

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government minister human lawyer politician state governor

Tom Vilsack is an American politician and attorney who has served multiple terms as the United States Secretary of Agriculture and is a former governor of Iowa.

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Label	Occurrences
Tom Vilsack canonical	4
Terry E. Branstad	2
Vilsack	2
Christie Vilsack	1
Tom Vilsack (as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1484228 — 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: Tom Vilsack
Context triple: [SecAg, positionHeldBy, Tom Vilsack]

A. Mark Schweiker
Mark Schweiker is an American politician who served as the 44th governor of Pennsylvania in the early 2000s.
B. Jeff Walz
Jeff Walz is a prominent American college basketball coach best known for building the University of Louisville women’s program into a perennial national contender.
C. Scott Walker
Scott Walker is an American Republican politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019 and gained national prominence for his contentious public-sector union reforms.
D. Peter B. Chiafalo
Peter B. Chiafalo is an American presidential elector known for challenging state laws that bind Electoral College members to support their party’s nominee, leading to the U.S. Supreme Court case Chiafalo v. Washington.
E. Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich is a former Democratic governor of Illinois who gained national notoriety after being impeached and convicted on federal corruption charges related to the attempted sale of Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat.
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: Tom Vilsack
Target entity description: Tom Vilsack is an American politician and attorney who has served multiple terms as the United States Secretary of Agriculture and is a former governor of Iowa.

A. Mark Schweiker
Mark Schweiker is an American politician who served as the 44th governor of Pennsylvania in the early 2000s.
B. Jeff Walz
Jeff Walz is a prominent American college basketball coach best known for building the University of Louisville women’s program into a perennial national contender.
C. Scott Walker
Scott Walker is an American Republican politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019 and gained national prominence for his contentious public-sector union reforms.
D. Peter B. Chiafalo
Peter B. Chiafalo is an American presidential elector known for challenging state laws that bind Electoral College members to support their party’s nominee, leading to the U.S. Supreme Court case Chiafalo v. Washington.
E. Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich is a former Democratic governor of Illinois who gained national notoriety after being impeached and convicted on federal corruption charges related to the attempted sale of Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government minister ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ state governor ⓘ
appointedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ Joe Biden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfResidence	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Albany Law School ⓘ Hamilton College ⓘ
familyName	Vilsack ⓘ linked to: Tom Vilsack
fieldOfWork	agricultural policy ⓘ law ⓘ public administration ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
hasRole	cabinet member of the United States ⓘ mayor in the United States ⓘ state governor in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Iowa ⓘ linked to: Iowa United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
legalEducation	Albany Law School ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableFor	serving as Governor of Iowa ⓘ serving multiple terms as United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
notableWork	leadership of the United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
occupation	attorney ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeEndTime	2017-01-13 ⓘ
officeStartTime	2009-01-21 ⓘ 2021-02-24 ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Barack Obama ⓘ linked to: Cabinet of the United States Cabinet of Joe Biden ⓘ linked to: Cabinet of the United States
positionHeld	Governor of Iowa ⓘ Mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa ⓘ United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
residence	Iowa ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Christie Vilsack ⓘ linked to: Tom Vilsack
workLocation	Iowa ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SecAg → positionHeldBy → Tom Vilsack ⓘ

Tom Vilsack → familyName → Vilsack ⓘ

linked to: Tom Vilsack

Tom Vilsack → spouse → Christie Vilsack ⓘ

linked to: Tom Vilsack

Puerto Rico v. Branstad → respondent → Terry E. Branstad ⓘ

linked to: Tom Vilsack

Puerto Rico v. Branstad → involvesParty → Terry E. Branstad ⓘ

linked to: Tom Vilsack

Democratic Leadership Council → notableMember → Tom Vilsack ⓘ

Sonny Perdue → predecessor → Tom Vilsack ⓘ

Sonny Perdue → successor → Tom Vilsack (as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) ⓘ

linked to: Tom Vilsack

Thomas James Vilsack → nickname → Tom Vilsack ⓘ

subject linked to: Thomas

Thomas James Vilsack → familyName → Vilsack ⓘ

subject linked to: Thomas

linked to: Tom Vilsack

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Referenced by (10)

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