Roland H. Dagenhart
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Roland H. Dagenhart was the North Carolina mill worker and father whose legal challenge to federal child labor regulations led to the 1918 U.S. Supreme Court case Hammer v. Dagenhart.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roland H. Dagenhart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3095401 — 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: Roland H. Dagenhart Context triple: [Hammer v. Dagenhart, defendant, Roland H. Dagenhart]
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A.
Frank E. Bunts
Frank E. Bunts was an American physician and surgeon best known as one of the founding doctors of the Cleveland Clinic, a major academic medical center.
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B.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
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C.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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D.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William Henry Rinehart
William Henry Rinehart was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his neoclassical works and significant contributions to American art.
- 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: Roland H. Dagenhart Target entity description: Roland H. Dagenhart was the North Carolina mill worker and father whose legal challenge to federal child labor regulations led to the 1918 U.S. Supreme Court case Hammer v. Dagenhart.
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A.
Frank E. Bunts
Frank E. Bunts was an American physician and surgeon best known as one of the founding doctors of the Cleveland Clinic, a major academic medical center.
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B.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
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C.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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D.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William Henry Rinehart
William Henry Rinehart was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his neoclassical works and significant contributions to American art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mill worker
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedLegalDoctrine | limits on federal commerce power over production ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| caseOutcomeImpactOn | federal child labor legislation ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1880s ⓘ |
| employer | cotton mill in North Carolina ⓘ |
| familyBackground | working-class family ⓘ |
| hasChild |
John Dagenhart
ⓘ
linked to:
Reuben Dagenhart
Reuben Dagenhart ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Progressive Era in the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Progressive Era
|
| involvedIn | debate over states’ rights versus federal power ⓘ |
| legalAction | sued to prevent enforcement of the Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 ⓘ |
| legalCaseCitation | 247 U.S. 251 ⓘ |
| legalCaseCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| legalCaseYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| legalHistorySignificance | central figure in a landmark pre–New Deal commerce clause decision ⓘ |
| legalStandingBasedOn | employment of his minor sons in a cotton mill ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the named plaintiff in Hammer v. Dagenhart
ⓘ
challenging federal child labor regulations ⓘ |
| occupation | mill worker ⓘ |
| opposedLaw | federal restrictions on shipment in interstate commerce of goods produced by child labor ⓘ |
| partyTo | Hammer v. Dagenhart ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ |
| positionOnIssue | opposed federal regulation of child labor in interstate commerce ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hammer v. Dagenhart
ⓘ
Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 ⓘ
linked to:
Keating–Owen Child Labor Act
U.S. Supreme Court child labor jurisprudence ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| representedBy | attorney W. C. Hammer in Hammer v. Dagenhart ⓘ |
| roleInCourtCase | plaintiff in Hammer v. Dagenhart ⓘ |
| socialIssueContext | child labor in Southern textile mills ⓘ |
| stateOfResidence | North Carolina ⓘ |
| workLocation | textile mills in North Carolina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roland H. Dagenhart Description of subject: Roland H. Dagenhart was the North Carolina mill worker and father whose legal challenge to federal child labor regulations led to the 1918 U.S. Supreme Court case Hammer v. Dagenhart.
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