Donald W. Riegle Jr.

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American politician United States senator human member of the United States House of Representatives

Donald W. Riegle Jr. is a former United States Senator from Michigan who played a prominent role in banking and financial regulation policy during his tenure in Congress.

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Label	Occurrences
Donald W. Riegle Jr. canonical	6

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T108295 — 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: Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Context triple: [Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, namedAfter, Donald W. Riegle Jr.]

A. Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
B. Mark O. Hatfield
Mark O. Hatfield was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Oregon and influential political leader known for his work on education, science, and environmental issues.
C. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
D. Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson is an American politician who served as the Democratic U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013 and previously as the state's governor.
E. Tom Werner
Tom Werner is an American television producer and businessman best known as a co-owner and chairman of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC.
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: Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Target entity description: Donald W. Riegle Jr. is a former United States Senator from Michigan who played a prominent role in banking and financial regulation policy during his tenure in Congress.

A. Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
B. Mark O. Hatfield
Mark O. Hatfield was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Oregon and influential political leader known for his work on education, science, and environmental issues.
C. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
D. Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson is an American politician who served as the Democratic U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013 and previously as the state's governor.
E. Tom Werner
Tom Werner is an American television producer and businessman best known as a co-owner and chairman of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
areaOfLegislativeActivity	banking ⓘ consumer protection in financial services ⓘ financial services ⓘ
birthPlace	Flint, Michigan ⓘ
chairpersonOf	United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ⓘ linked to: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
committeeMemberOf	United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ⓘ linked to: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard Business School ⓘ Michigan State University ⓘ linked to: Michigan State College University of Michigan–Flint ⓘ
familyName	Riegle ⓘ
fieldOfWork	banking regulation ⓘ financial regulation ⓘ public policy ⓘ
givenName	Donald ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix	Jr. ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ
notableFor	leadership on banking and financial regulation policy in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
notableWork	Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ legislator ⓘ politician ⓘ
partOf	United States Congress ⓘ
positionHeld	United States Representative from Michigan ⓘ United States Senator from Michigan ⓘ
represented	Michigan ⓘ linked to: Michigan (most of state)
residence	Michigan ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sponsored	Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 ⓘ
stateRepresentedInHouse	Michigan ⓘ
stateRepresentedInSenate	Michigan ⓘ linked to: Michigan (most of state)
workLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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

Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 → namedAfter → Donald W. Riegle Jr. ⓘ

Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 → namedAfter → Donald W. Riegle Jr. ⓘ

Riegle → hasNotableBearer → Donald W. Riegle Jr. ⓘ

Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 → namedAfter → Donald W. Riegle Jr. ⓘ

subject linked to: Riegle

Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 → namedAfter → Donald W. Riegle Jr. ⓘ

subject linked to: Riegle-Neal Act

Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 → introducedBy → Donald W. Riegle Jr. ⓘ

subject linked to: Riegle-Neal Act

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