Orville H. Platt
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Orville H. Platt was an American lawyer and long-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for the Platt Amendment that shaped U.S.–Cuba relations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orville H. Platt canonical | 5 |
| Orville H. Platt Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2042408 — 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: Orville H. Platt Context triple: [Orville H. Platt High School, namedAfter, Orville H. Platt]
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A.
George W. Norris
George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
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B.
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson W. Aldrich was an influential early 20th-century U.S. Senator from Rhode Island known for his central role in shaping American financial and monetary policy, including groundwork for the Federal Reserve System.
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C.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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D.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was an American politician and abolitionist who served as the 18th vice president of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant.
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E.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was an American Republican politician and diplomat who served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
- 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: Orville H. Platt Target entity description: Orville H. Platt was an American lawyer and long-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for the Platt Amendment that shaped U.S.–Cuba relations.
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A.
George W. Norris
George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
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B.
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson W. Aldrich was an influential early 20th-century U.S. Senator from Rhode Island known for his central role in shaping American financial and monetary policy, including groundwork for the Federal Reserve System.
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C.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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D.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was an American politician and abolitionist who served as the 18th vice president of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant.
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E.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was an American Republican politician and diplomat who served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States senator
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Washington Green Cemetery, Washington, Connecticut ⓘ |
| committeeMembership |
Senate Committee on Cuban Relations
ⓘ
United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ⓘ
surface form:
Senate Committee on Territories
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1827-07-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1905-04-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale Law School (studied law, did not graduate) ⓘ |
| endTime | 1905 as U.S. Senator from Connecticut ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Platt ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Orville ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Spanish–American War aftermath legislation ⓘ |
| influenced | U.S. policy toward Cuba in early 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of expansionist foreign policy
ⓘ
influencing U.S.–Cuba relations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCareerStart | admitted to the bar in Connecticut in the 1850s ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Senate ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| name | Orville Hitchcock Platt ⓘ |
| notableWork | Platt Amendment ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Washington, Connecticut
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, Connecticut, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| positionHeld |
Secretary of State of Connecticut
ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ member of the Connecticut State Senate ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Meriden, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| represented | Connecticut ⓘ |
| residence | Meriden, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs |
city attorney of Meriden, Connecticut
ⓘ
clerk of the Connecticut Senate ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Union Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Army (American Civil War, as a clerk in the War Department)
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Annie Bull Platt ⓘ |
| startTime | 1879 as U.S. Senator from Connecticut ⓘ |
| wasInOfficeDuring |
Theodore Roosevelt administration
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surface form:
Theodore Roosevelt presidency
William McKinley presidency ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Orville H. Platt Description of subject: Orville H. Platt was an American lawyer and long-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for the Platt Amendment that shaped U.S.–Cuba relations.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Orville H. Platt Jr.