Elisha Whittlesey
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Elisha Whittlesey was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Ohio who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later held key federal financial oversight roles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elisha Whittlesey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T580363 — 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: Elisha Whittlesey Context triple: [Comptroller of the Treasury, officeHeldBy, Elisha Whittlesey]
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A.
Lemuel Bowen
Lemuel Bowen was an early automotive entrepreneur associated with the founding of the Cadillac automobile company.
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B.
Solomon Young
Solomon Young was the maternal grandfather of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and a significant early influence in Truman’s upbringing and character.
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C.
Benjamin Hooks
Benjamin Hooks was an American civil rights leader, attorney, minister, and former FCC commissioner best known for serving as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992.
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D.
Ashbel Green
Ashbel Green was an American Presbyterian minister, educator, and eighth president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), influential in early 19th-century religious and academic life.
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E.
Anson Jones
Anson Jones was an American physician, politician, and statesman best known for overseeing the annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States.
- 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: Elisha Whittlesey Target entity description: Elisha Whittlesey was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Ohio who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later held key federal financial oversight roles.
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A.
Lemuel Bowen
Lemuel Bowen was an early automotive entrepreneur associated with the founding of the Cadillac automobile company.
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B.
Solomon Young
Solomon Young was the maternal grandfather of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and a significant early influence in Truman’s upbringing and character.
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C.
Benjamin Hooks
Benjamin Hooks was an American civil rights leader, attorney, minister, and former FCC commissioner best known for serving as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992.
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D.
Ashbel Green
Ashbel Green was an American Presbyterian minister, educator, and eighth president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), influential in early 19th-century religious and academic life.
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E.
Anson Jones
Anson Jones was an American physician, politician, and statesman best known for overseeing the annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointed by |
Andrew Jackson
ⓘ
John Tyler ⓘ Martin Van Buren ⓘ |
| birth date | 1783-10-19 ⓘ |
| burial place |
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Congressional Cemetery
|
| conflict participated in | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| country of citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| death date | 1863-01-07 ⓘ |
| educated at | Litchfield Law School ⓘ |
| familyName | Whittlesey ⓘ |
| givenName | Elisha ⓘ |
| known for |
long tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives
ⓘ
service as First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury ⓘ |
| member of |
Ohio House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| military branch | Ohio Militia ⓘ |
| military rank | brigade major ⓘ |
| notable work | federal financial oversight and economy in public expenditures ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ public official ⓘ |
| place of birth |
Litchfield County, Connecticut
ⓘ
Washington, Connecticut ⓘ |
| place of death | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| political party |
National Republican Party
ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ |
| position held |
Auditor of the Post Office Department
ⓘ
Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury
Comptroller of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio ⓘ U.S. Representative from Ohio's 13th congressional district ⓘ U.S. Representative from Ohio's 16th congressional district ⓘ member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia ⓘ member of the Ohio House of Representatives ⓘ prosecuting attorney of Trumbull County, Ohio ⓘ |
| region of activity |
Ohio
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| residence |
Canfield, Ohio
ⓘ
Warren, Ohio ⓘ |
| sex or gender | male ⓘ |
| state represented in the U.S. House of Representatives | Ohio ⓘ |
| term end (U.S. House of Representatives) | 1838-07-09 ⓘ |
| term start (U.S. House of Representatives) | 1823-03-04 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elisha Whittlesey Description of subject: Elisha Whittlesey was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Ohio who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later held key federal financial oversight roles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.