Homer Stillé Cummings

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United States Attorney General human lawyer politician

Homer Stillé Cummings was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for his role in New Deal-era legal reforms.

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Label	Occurrences
Homer Stillé Cummings canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1874976 — 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: Homer Stillé Cummings
Context triple: [Homer Cummings, fullName, Homer Stillé Cummings]

A. Basil Embry
Basil Embry was a distinguished Royal Air Force officer and World War II air commander who later became Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
B. John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
C. Leo White
Leo White was a British-born American character actor and director best known for his work in silent films, including frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
D. Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor best known for his acclaimed stage and screen portrayals of Mark Twain and numerous character roles in film and television.
E. Donald Howard
Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
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: Homer Stillé Cummings
Target entity description: Homer Stillé Cummings was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for his role in New Deal-era legal reforms.

A. Basil Embry
Basil Embry was a distinguished Royal Air Force officer and World War II air commander who later became Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
B. John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
C. Leo White
Leo White was a British-born American character actor and director best known for his work in silent films, including frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
D. Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor best known for his acclaimed stage and screen portrayals of Mark Twain and numerous character roles in film and television.
E. Donald Howard
Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Attorney General ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
appointedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
barAdmission	Connecticut bar ⓘ
burialPlace	Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1870-04-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1956-09-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Yale Law School ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
endTime	1939-01-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	White American ⓘ
familyName	Cummings ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional law ⓘ criminal justice reform ⓘ
fullName	Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ
genreOfActivity	public law ⓘ
givenName	Homer ⓘ
knownFor	role in New Deal–era legal reforms ⓘ support for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s judicial reform proposals ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic National Committee ⓘ
notableAchievement	helped develop federal anti-crime and anti-gangster legislation in the 1930s ⓘ
notableWork	advocacy for federal crime control legislation ⓘ implementation of New Deal legal reforms ⓘ reorganization and strengthening of the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeEndForUnitedStatesAttorneyGeneral	1939-01-02 ⓘ
officeStartForUnitedStatesAttorneyGeneral	1933-03-04 ⓘ
orderInOffice	55th United States Attorney General ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Stamford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ linked to: Stamford, Connecticut
politicalParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
positionHeld	Chair of the Democratic National Committee ⓘ Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ United States Attorney General ⓘ
predecessor	William D. Mitchell ⓘ
residence	Stamford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ linked to: Stamford, Connecticut
servedAs	State’s attorney for Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ delegate to multiple Democratic National Conventions ⓘ
spouse	Julia Alter ⓘ Marion E. Bannister ⓘ Mary Cecilia Waterbury ⓘ
startTime	1933-03-04 ⓘ
successor	Frank Murphy ⓘ

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

Homer Cummings → fullName → Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ

subject linked to: Attorney General Homer Cummings

Homer Stillé Cummings → fullName → Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ

Homer Stillé Cummings → name → Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ

subject linked to: Homer

Julia Alter → spouse → Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ

Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut, United States → hasNotableBurial → Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ

Mary Cecilia Waterbury → spouse → Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ

Marion E. Bannister → spouse → Homer Stillé Cummings ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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