Clark Clifford
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Clark Clifford was an influential American lawyer and presidential adviser who served multiple U.S. administrations, most notably as Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clark Clifford canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9147931 — 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: Clark Clifford Context triple: [Clifford, hasNotableBearer, Clark Clifford]
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A.
Hugh Clifford
Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Granville Llewellyn Gove
Granville Llewellyn Gove was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler after whom Gove County in Kansas was named.
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C.
Newton Baker
Newton Baker was an American politician and lawyer best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
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D.
Thomas Marshall
Thomas Marshall was an American lawyer, landowner, and politician in colonial Virginia, best known as the father of future Chief Justice John Marshall.
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E.
Eliot Richardson
Eliot Richardson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and public official best known for serving in multiple U.S. Cabinet positions and for his principled resignation as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal.
- 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: Clark Clifford Target entity description: Clark Clifford was an influential American lawyer and presidential adviser who served multiple U.S. administrations, most notably as Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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A.
Hugh Clifford
Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Granville Llewellyn Gove
Granville Llewellyn Gove was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler after whom Gove County in Kansas was named.
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C.
Newton Baker
Newton Baker was an American politician and lawyer best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
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D.
Thomas Marshall
Thomas Marshall was an American lawyer, landowner, and politician in colonial Virginia, best known as the father of future Chief Justice John Marshall.
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E.
Eliot Richardson
Eliot Richardson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and public official best known for serving in multiple U.S. Cabinet positions and for his principled resignation as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Secretary of Defense
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human ⓘ political advisor ⓘ |
| advisorTo |
Harry S. Truman
ⓘ
linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
Jimmy Carter ⓘ John F. Kennedy ⓘ Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Counsel to the President (with Richard Holbrooke)
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linked to:
Counselor to the President
|
| awardReceived | Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1906-12-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Scott, Kansas
|
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1998-10-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Washington University School of Law
ⓘ
Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ |
| employer |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| familyName | Clifford ⓘ |
| fullName | Clark McAdams Clifford ⓘ |
| genre | political memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Clark ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
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linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential role in Democratic Party politics in the mid-20th century
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involvement in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal ⓘ role in Vietnam War policy reassessment in 1968 ⓘ service in multiple U.S. presidential administrations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
advising President Lyndon B. Johnson on Vietnam War policy
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architect of President Harry S. Truman's 1948 election strategy ⓘ influential memorandum advocating containment and a strong national security state (1946) ⓘ |
| occupation |
government official
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lawyer ⓘ lobbyist ⓘ political consultant ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1969-01-20 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1968-03-01 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ White House Counsel ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Robert S. McNamara
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linked to:
Robert McNamara
|
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C., United States
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linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| spouse | Margaret Clifford ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Melvin R. Laird
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linked to:
Melvin Laird
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| workLocation |
Washington, D.C., United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clark Clifford Description of subject: Clark Clifford was an influential American lawyer and presidential adviser who served multiple U.S. administrations, most notably as Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.