Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
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The Biographical Directory of Federal Judges is an official reference resource maintained by the Federal Judicial Center that provides authoritative biographical and career information on all past and present Article III federal judges in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Biographical Directory of Federal Judges canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1857114 — 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: Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Context triple: [James Iredell Sr., describedBySource, Biographical Directory of Federal Judges]
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A.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is an official reference work that provides authoritative biographical information on every person who has served in the U.S. Congress.
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B.
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States is a historic multi-volume compilation of early U.S. Supreme Court decisions edited and reported by Richard Peters.
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C.
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition is an unofficial, annotated reporter series that publishes decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court with extensive editorial enhancements such as headnotes, summaries, and research references.
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D.
United States federal judges
United States federal judges are members of the national judiciary appointed under Article III and other federal statutes to interpret and apply U.S. law in federal courts.
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E.
Howard's U.S. Supreme Court Reports
Howard's U.S. Supreme Court Reports is a bound series of official United States Supreme Court case reports compiled and published by Benjamin Chew Howard in the mid-19th century.
- 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: Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Target entity description: The Biographical Directory of Federal Judges is an official reference resource maintained by the Federal Judicial Center that provides authoritative biographical and career information on all past and present Article III federal judges in the United States.
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A.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is an official reference work that provides authoritative biographical information on every person who has served in the U.S. Congress.
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B.
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States is a historic multi-volume compilation of early U.S. Supreme Court decisions edited and reported by Richard Peters.
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C.
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition is an unofficial, annotated reporter series that publishes decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court with extensive editorial enhancements such as headnotes, summaries, and research references.
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D.
United States federal judges
United States federal judges are members of the national judiciary appointed under Article III and other federal statutes to interpret and apply U.S. law in federal courts.
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E.
Howard's U.S. Supreme Court Reports
Howard's U.S. Supreme Court Reports is a bound series of official United States Supreme Court case reports compiled and published by Benjamin Chew Howard in the mid-19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical directory
ⓘ
online database ⓘ |
| contains |
appointing president information
ⓘ
confirmation dates ⓘ dates of birth of judges ⓘ dates of death of judges ⓘ education history of judges ⓘ judicial service dates ⓘ other government service information ⓘ party affiliation information when available ⓘ professional career history ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coversJurisdiction |
United States federal judiciary
ⓘ
linked to:
federal judiciary of the United States
|
| dataSource |
archival materials
ⓘ
official federal judicial records ⓘ published sources ⓘ |
| describedAs | official reference resource ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityStatus | authoritative ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus | official publication of the federal judiciary ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | Federal Judicial Center ⓘ |
| hasScope | Article III federal judges ⓘ |
| hasTemporalCoverage | entire history of Article III judiciary ⓘ |
| includes |
past Article III federal judges
ⓘ
present Article III federal judges ⓘ |
| includesInformationOn |
Supreme Court justices
ⓘ
United States courts of appeals judges ⓘ United States district court judges ⓘ
linked to:
United States federal judges
judges of specialized Article III courts ⓘ |
| isAccessibleAs | online resource ⓘ |
| isAccessibleTo |
general public
ⓘ
legal professionals ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| isReferencedBy |
government reports
ⓘ
historical scholarship ⓘ legal scholarship ⓘ |
| isUpdated | periodically ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Federal Judicial Center ⓘ |
| provides |
biographical information
ⓘ
career information ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Federal Judicial Center Historical Research Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Judicial Center
Federal court history ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
federal judges
ⓘ
judicial biographies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
government reference
ⓘ
historical research ⓘ legal research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Description of subject: The Biographical Directory of Federal Judges is an official reference resource maintained by the Federal Judicial Center that provides authoritative biographical and career information on all past and present Article III federal judges in the United States.
Referenced by (1)
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