John A. Dix
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John A. Dix was a 19th-century American politician, military officer, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Union major general in the Civil War, and governor of New York.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John A. Dix canonical | 5 |
| Governor Hamilton Fish | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4408176 — 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: John A. Dix Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, John A. Dix]
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A.
Simeon E. Baldwin
Simeon E. Baldwin was an American jurist, legal scholar, and governor of Connecticut who played a key role in shaping legal education and public life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Alfred Moore
Alfred Moore was an American lawyer, Revolutionary War officer, and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the nation’s highest court from 1799 to 1804.
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C.
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. congressman, senator, and Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
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D.
William De Witt
William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
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E.
John Lansing Jr.
John Lansing Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention who served as a prominent early judicial and political figure in New York.
- 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: John A. Dix Target entity description: John A. Dix was a 19th-century American politician, military officer, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Union major general in the Civil War, and governor of New York.
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A.
Simeon E. Baldwin
Simeon E. Baldwin was an American jurist, legal scholar, and governor of Connecticut who played a key role in shaping legal education and public life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Alfred Moore
Alfred Moore was an American lawyer, Revolutionary War officer, and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the nation’s highest court from 1799 to 1804.
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C.
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. congressman, senator, and Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
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D.
William De Witt
William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
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E.
John Lansing Jr.
John Lansing Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention who served as a prominent early judicial and political figure in New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhattan ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1798-07-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1879-04-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Phillips Exeter Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | Dix ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ |
| middleName | Adams ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Captain
ⓘ
Major general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service as Governor of New York in the 1870s
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service as Union major general in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | famous order "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot" ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| officeHeldFrom |
Mayor of New York City: 1862
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United States Minister to France: 1866 ⓘ United States Secretary of the Treasury: 1861-01 ⓘ |
| officeHeldTo |
Mayor of New York City: 1863
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United States Minister to France: 1869 ⓘ United States Secretary of the Treasury: 1861-03 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boscawen, New Hampshire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York
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linked to:
New York City
|
| positionHeld |
Governor of New York
ⓘ
Mayor of New York City ⓘ United States Minister to France ⓘ
linked to:
United States Ambassador to France
United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ United States senator ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| represented | New York ⓘ |
| representedIn | United States Senate ⓘ |
| residence |
Albany, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Albany
New York City, New York ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| servedIn | United States Army ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Catherine Morgan ⓘ |
| termEnd |
as Governor of New York: 1874
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as United States senator: 1849 ⓘ |
| termStart |
as Governor of New York: 1873
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as United States senator: 1845 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John A. Dix Description of subject: John A. Dix was a 19th-century American politician, military officer, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Union major general in the Civil War, and governor of New York.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.