Pat McCarran
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Pat McCarran was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Nevada known for his influential role in shaping immigration and internal security laws during the early Cold War era.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pat McCarran canonical | 8 |
| McCarran | 1 |
| Senator Pat McCarran | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3148379 — 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: Pat McCarran Context triple: [Pub.L. 82–414, namedFor, Pat McCarran]
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A.
Mike Mansfield
Mike Mansfield was a prominent American Democratic politician who served as the longest-tenured U.S. Senate Majority Leader and later as U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
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B.
Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot was a powerful early 20th-century U.S. Senator from Utah and influential Republican policymaker best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
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C.
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock is a Republican politician and longtime U.S. Representative from California known for his fiscally conservative and limited-government positions.
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D.
Howard W. Smith
Howard W. Smith was a powerful mid-20th-century Virginia congressman and conservative Democrat known for his influential role on the House Rules Committee and his opposition to New Deal and civil rights legislation.
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E.
John Sherman Cooper
John Sherman Cooper was a prominent American Republican politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Kentucky known for his moderate views and influential role in mid-20th-century foreign and domestic policy.
- 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: Pat McCarran Target entity description: Pat McCarran was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Nevada known for his influential role in shaping immigration and internal security laws during the early Cold War era.
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A.
Mike Mansfield
Mike Mansfield was a prominent American Democratic politician who served as the longest-tenured U.S. Senate Majority Leader and later as U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
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B.
Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot was a powerful early 20th-century U.S. Senator from Utah and influential Republican policymaker best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
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C.
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock is a Republican politician and longtime U.S. Representative from California known for his fiscally conservative and limited-government positions.
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D.
Howard W. Smith
Howard W. Smith was a powerful mid-20th-century Virginia congressman and conservative Democrat known for his influential role on the House Rules Committee and his opposition to New Deal and civil rights legislation.
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E.
John Sherman Cooper
John Sherman Cooper was a prominent American Republican politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Kentucky known for his moderate views and influential role in mid-20th-century foreign and domestic policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| authorOf |
McCarran Internal Security Act
ⓘ
linked to:
McCarran Act
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1876-08-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1954-09-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Nevada, Reno ⓘ |
| endTime | 1954-09-28 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName |
McCarran
ⓘ
linked to:
Pat McCarran
|
| fieldOfWork |
aviation policy
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immigration law ⓘ internal security policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Internal Security Act of 1950
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McCarran–Walter Act of 1952 ⓘ
linked to:
McCarran–Walter Act
|
| knownFor |
anti-communist legislation
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influence on U.S. immigration policy ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| namesakeOf |
McCarran Center for Law and Public Policy
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McCarran International Airport ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Reid International Airport
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | United States Senate ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Reno, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Reno, Nevada, United States
United States of America ⓘ Washoe County, Nevada ⓘ
linked to:
Washoe County
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| placeOfDeath |
Hawthorne, Nevada
ⓘ
Mineral County, Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States senator
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chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada ⓘ district attorney of Ormsby County, Nevada ⓘ justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada ⓘ member of the Nevada Assembly ⓘ member of the United States Senate from Nevada ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| represented | Nevada ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1933-03-04 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Nevada
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pat McCarran Description of subject: Pat McCarran was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Nevada known for his influential role in shaping immigration and internal security laws during the early Cold War era.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pat McCarran
subject linked to:
Congress enacted the McCarran–Ferguson Act in 1945
linked to: Pat McCarran