firstInOfficeTo

P291
predicate

Indicates that one entity was the earliest or first to hold a particular office or position in relation to another entity or context.

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All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
firstHolder 1,333
firstPresident 79
firstEmperor 38

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: firstInOfficeTo
Generated description
Indicates that one entity was the earliest or first to hold a particular office or position in relation to another entity or context.

Sample triples (1,554)

Subject Object
Franklin D. Roosevelt
linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
be elected to four terms as U.S. president ⓘ
President of the United States George Washington via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Secretary of Commerce of the United States William C. Redfield via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
United States Food Administrator Herbert Hoover via predicate surface "firstOfficeholder" ⓘ
National Military Establishment James V. Forrestal via predicate surface "firstOfficeholder" ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
White House Chief of Staff John R. Steelman via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Earl of Southesk David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Southesk
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Frederick Muhlenberg via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
West Germany Konrad Adenauer via predicate surface "firstChancellor" ⓘ
West Germany Theodor Heuss via predicate surface "firstPresident" ⓘ
linked to: President of Germany
First Lady of the United States Martha Washington via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Chief Justice of the United States John Jay via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
NATO Secretary General Hastings Ismay via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Roman Empire Augustus via predicate surface "firstEmperor" ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Joseph Stalin via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Director of National Intelligence
linked to: DNI
John Negroponte via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
SecDef James V. Forrestal via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
President of the French Republic Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
President of the French Republic 1848 via predicate surface "firstHolderTookOfficeIn" ⓘ
Second Polish Republic Gabriel Narutowicz via predicate surface "firstPresident" ⓘ
Vice President of the United States John Adams via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
People's Commissar for Nationalities Joseph Stalin via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Cuban government Fidel Castro via predicate surface "foundingLeader" ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
linked to: Hugh Dowding
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army George Washington via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ewing via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
United States Secretary of Transportation Alan S. Boyd via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
United States Secretary of Energy James R. Schlesinger via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Europe Dwight D. Eisenhower via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Republic of Texas Sam Houston via predicate surface "firstPresident" ⓘ
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Delbert D. Black via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level) William D. Ruckelshaus via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Duke of Albany Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Albany
Federal Security Agency Paul V. McNutt via predicate surface "firstHeadOfGovernmentAgency" ⓘ
Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
President of India Rajendra Prasad via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
President of Ecuador Juan José Flores via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Governor of Bermuda Richard Moore via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Secretary-General of the United Nations Trygve Lie via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Senate Majority Leader Henry Cabot Lodge via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Emperor of India Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
linked to: Queen Victoria
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Huynh Tan Phat via predicate surface "firstPresident" ⓘ
President of Italy Enrico De Nicola via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Kolettis via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
Director-General of UNESCO Julian Huxley via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
First creation of the Earl of Orford
linked to: Earl of Orford
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ
linked to: Robert Walpole
Second creation of the Earl of Orford
linked to: Earl of Orford
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation) via predicate surface "firstHolder" ⓘ