New York State Assembly election, 1917

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legislative election state election

The New York State Assembly election of 1917 was a legislative contest in which voters across New York State chose representatives to the State Assembly, including the election of socialist politician Benjamin Gitlow.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
New York State Assembly election, 1916	1
New York State Assembly election, 1917 canonical	1
New York State Assembly election, 1918	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3830540 — 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.

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Target entity: New York State Assembly election, 1917
Context triple: [Benjamin Gitlow, electedIn, New York State Assembly election, 1917]

A. New York State Assembly districts
New York State Assembly districts are the geographic electoral divisions within New York State from which members of the New York State Assembly are elected.
B. New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of New York’s bicameral state legislature, composed of elected representatives responsible for proposing and passing state laws.
C. New York State Assembly District 59
New York State Assembly District 59 is a legislative district in the New York State Assembly that covers parts of southeastern Brooklyn, including neighborhoods such as Mill Basin.
D. New York State Assembly District 23
New York State Assembly District 23 is a legislative district in the New York State Assembly that covers parts of Queens, including neighborhoods such as Howard Beach.
E. New York State Assembly District 24
New York State Assembly District 24 is a legislative district in the New York State Assembly that covers parts of eastern Queens in New York City.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: New York State Assembly election, 1917
Target entity description: The New York State Assembly election of 1917 was a legislative contest in which voters across New York State chose representatives to the State Assembly, including the election of socialist politician Benjamin Gitlow.

A. New York State Assembly districts
New York State Assembly districts are the geographic electoral divisions within New York State from which members of the New York State Assembly are elected.
B. New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of New York’s bicameral state legislature, composed of elected representatives responsible for proposing and passing state laws.
C. New York State Assembly District 59
New York State Assembly District 59 is a legislative district in the New York State Assembly that covers parts of southeastern Brooklyn, including neighborhoods such as Mill Basin.
D. New York State Assembly District 23
New York State Assembly District 23 is a legislative district in the New York State Assembly that covers parts of Queens, including neighborhoods such as Howard Beach.
E. New York State Assembly District 24
New York State Assembly District 24 is a legislative district in the New York State Assembly that covers parts of eastern Queens in New York City.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative election ⓘ state election ⓘ
administeredBy	New York State election authorities ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	New York State Assembly ⓘ
associatedIdeology	American conservatism ⓘ American liberalism ⓘ progressivism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
ballotType	secret ballot ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electionType	state legislative election ⓘ
electoralBody	New York State Assembly ⓘ
electoralDistrictType	single-member districts ⓘ
electoralRight	universal male suffrage with contemporary legal restrictions ⓘ
electorate	voters of New York State ⓘ
elects	state legislators ⓘ
followedBy	New York State Assembly election, 1918 ⓘ linked to: New York State Assembly election, 1917
follows	New York State Assembly election, 1916 ⓘ linked to: New York State Assembly election, 1917
governingLaw	Constitution of the State of New York ⓘ linked to: New York State Constitution
hasPart	election in Brooklyn ⓘ election in Manhattan ⓘ election in Queens ⓘ election in Richmond County ⓘ election in the Bronx ⓘ election in upstate New York districts ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early example of socialist representation in a U.S. state legislature ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legislativeTermStart	1918 ⓘ
legislatureType	unicameral lower house of the New York State Legislature ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	state ⓘ
locatedIn	New York (state) ⓘ linked to: New York
notableOutcome	election of socialist politician Benjamin Gitlow to the New York State Assembly ⓘ
officeContested	Member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ
partOfSeries	New York State Assembly elections ⓘ linked to: New York State Assembly
politicalContext	rise of socialist representation in New York politics ⓘ
politicalPartyInvolved	Democratic Party ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ Socialist Party of America ⓘ
resultType	composition of the New York State Assembly for the following legislative session ⓘ
scope	statewide ⓘ
significantParticipant	Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
timePeriod	World War I era ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Benjamin Gitlow → electedIn → New York State Assembly election, 1917 ⓘ

New York State Assembly election, 1917 → follows → New York State Assembly election, 1916 ⓘ

linked to: New York State Assembly election, 1917

New York State Assembly election, 1917 → followedBy → New York State Assembly election, 1918 ⓘ