Steny Hoyer
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Steny Hoyer is a long-serving Democratic politician who has represented Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as House Majority Leader.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Steny Hoyer canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8535314 — 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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steny Hoyer Context triple: [Maryland's 4th congressional district, previousNotableRepresentative, Steny Hoyer]
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A.
Tom Reid
Tom Reid is the brother of American actress Tara Reid, known for her roles in films like "American Pie" and "The Big Lebowski."
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B.
Paul Pelosi
Paul Pelosi is an American businessman and investor known for his long marriage to former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and for running the venture capital firm Financial Leasing Services, Inc.
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C.
Barney Frank
Barney Frank is a former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts who played a leading role in financial regulatory reform and co-authored the Dodd–Frank Act.
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D.
John Sarbanes
John Sarbanes is an American politician and attorney who has served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Maryland.
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E.
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Mikulski is a longtime American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland and is known for her influential role in supporting science, space research, and public service.
- 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: Steny Hoyer Target entity description: Steny Hoyer is a long-serving Democratic politician who has represented Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as House Majority Leader.
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A.
Tom Reid
Tom Reid is the brother of American actress Tara Reid, known for her roles in films like "American Pie" and "The Big Lebowski."
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B.
Paul Pelosi
Paul Pelosi is an American businessman and investor known for his long marriage to former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and for running the venture capital firm Financial Leasing Services, Inc.
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C.
Barney Frank
Barney Frank is a former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts who played a leading role in financial regulatory reform and co-authored the Dodd–Frank Act.
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D.
John Sarbanes
John Sarbanes is an American politician and attorney who has served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Maryland.
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E.
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Mikulski is a longtime American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland and is known for her influential role in supporting science, space research, and public service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ member of the Democratic Party ⓘ |
| category |
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
Majority leaders of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to:
House Majority Leader
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland ⓘ Minority whips of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to:
minority caucus whip
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-06-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Georgetown University Law Center
ⓘ
University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland
|
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hoyer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
legislation
ⓘ
public policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Steny ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | The Honorable ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
Rayburn House Office Building (historically as a representative)
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linked to:
Sam Rayburn House Office Building
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| hasWebsite | https://hoyer.house.gov/ ⓘ |
| isFrom | Maryland ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Congressional leadership of the United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
linked to:
United States House leadership
Democratic Party ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-serving Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives
ⓘ
service as House Majority Leader ⓘ service as House Minority Whip ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | United States federal legislative process ⓘ |
| partyAffiliation | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
House Majority Leader
ⓘ
House Majority Whip ⓘ House Minority Whip ⓘ Member of the Maryland State Senate ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th congressional district ⓘ President of the Maryland State Senate ⓘ United States representative ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| represents |
Maryland
ⓘ
Maryland's 5th congressional district ⓘ |
| residence | Mechanicsville, Maryland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Judith Hoyer ⓘ |
| startTimeOfServiceAsUSRepresentative | 1981 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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