Donald M. Payne Sr.

E847029

Democratic Party politician human politician

Donald M. Payne Sr. was a long-serving U.S. Representative from New Jersey and the first African American elected to Congress from that state.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Donald M. Payne	2
Donald M. Payne Sr. canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10144700 — 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: Donald M. Payne Sr.
Context triple: [Donald M. Payne Jr., father, Donald M. Payne Sr.]

A. Donald M. Payne Jr.
Donald M. Payne Jr. is an American Democratic politician who has served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, succeeding his late father, Donald M. Payne Sr.
B. Anthony G. Brown
Anthony G. Brown is an American politician and lawyer who has served as Maryland’s attorney general and previously as the state’s lieutenant governor and a U.S. congressman.
C. Ron Sims
Ron Sims is an American politician and public administrator who served as the longtime King County Executive in Washington State and later as a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
D. Charles Diggs
Charles Diggs was an influential African American U.S. Congressman from Michigan who became a leading advocate for civil rights and Black political representation.
E. William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was a prominent American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and public official who served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford.
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: Donald M. Payne Sr.
Target entity description: Donald M. Payne Sr. was a long-serving U.S. Representative from New Jersey and the first African American elected to Congress from that state.

A. Donald M. Payne Jr.
Donald M. Payne Jr. is an American Democratic politician who has served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, succeeding his late father, Donald M. Payne Sr.
B. Anthony G. Brown
Anthony G. Brown is an American politician and lawyer who has served as Maryland’s attorney general and previously as the state’s lieutenant governor and a U.S. congressman.
C. Ron Sims
Ron Sims is an American politician and public administrator who served as the longtime King County Executive in Washington State and later as a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
D. Charles Diggs
Charles Diggs was an influential African American U.S. Congressman from Michigan who became a leading advocate for civil rights and Black political representation.
E. William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was a prominent American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and public official who served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
burialPlace	Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	colon cancer ⓘ
chairpersonOf	House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health ⓘ
child	Donald M. Payne Jr. ⓘ
committeeMembership	United States House Committee on Education and Labor ⓘ linked to: House Committee on Education and the Workforce United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs ⓘ linked to: House Committee on International Relations
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1934-07-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2012-03-06 ⓘ
describedBySource	United States Congress Biographical Directory ⓘ linked to: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress obituaries in major U.S. newspapers ⓘ
educatedAt	Barringer High School ⓘ Seton Hall University ⓘ
electedIn	1988 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
employer	Prudential Insurance Company of America ⓘ linked to: Prudential Financial
endTime	2012-03-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ linked to: Black Americans
familyName	Payne ⓘ
fullName	Donald Milford Payne ⓘ
givenName	Donald ⓘ
honor	Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology named in his honor ⓘ Donald M. Payne, Sr. Global Foundation named in his honor ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
notableAchievement	first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey ⓘ
notableWork	advocacy on African affairs and human rights ⓘ support for education and Head Start programs ⓘ support for sanctions against apartheid South Africa ⓘ
occupation	insurance executive ⓘ teacher ⓘ
officeContested	Mayor of Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 10th congressional district ⓘ United States representative ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
replacedBy	Donald M. Payne Jr. ⓘ
replaces	Peter W. Rodino ⓘ
residence	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	William D. Payne ⓘ
startTime	1989-01-03 ⓘ
wasCandidateIn	1970 Newark mayoral election ⓘ 1974 Newark mayoral election ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Donald M. Payne Jr. → father → Donald M. Payne Sr. ⓘ

Donald M. Payne Jr. → hasRelative → Donald M. Payne Sr. ⓘ

Donald Payne Jr. → hasRelative → Donald M. Payne ⓘ

linked to: Donald M. Payne Sr.

Donald Payne Jr. → father → Donald M. Payne ⓘ