John James Beckley

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American political figure person

John James Beckley was an early American political figure best known as the first Librarian of Congress and a pioneering political campaign manager in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
John Beckley	2
John James Beckley canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American political figure ⓘ person ⓘ
appointedBy	Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1757-08-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1807-04-08 ⓘ
describedBySource	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ⓘ Library of Congress Online Catalog ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress historical records
educatedAt	College of William & Mary ⓘ
employer	Library of Congress ⓘ United States House of Representatives ⓘ
endTime	1797 (as Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ 1807 (as Librarian of Congress) ⓘ
familyName	Beckley, West Virginia ⓘ surface form: Beckley
fieldOfWork	election campaigning ⓘ librarianship ⓘ politics ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasNationality	American ⓘ
knownFor	developing early American party organization techniques ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
middleName	James ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableFor	being the first Librarian of Congress ⓘ pioneering political campaign management in the United States ⓘ
notableWork	organization of Thomas Jefferson’s 1796 presidential campaign ⓘ organization of Thomas Jefferson’s 1800 presidential campaign ⓘ
occupation	librarian ⓘ political campaign manager ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Jeffersonian Republican
positionHeld	Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ Librarian of Congress ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
residence	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
startTime	1789 (as Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ 1802 (as Librarian of Congress) ⓘ
workLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Richmond, Virginia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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

Beckley, West Virginia → namedAfter → John James Beckley ⓘ

Virginia Ratifying Convention → secretary → John James Beckley ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Beckley

John Beckley’s son Alfred Beckley → father → John James Beckley ⓘ

subject surface form: Alfred Beckley

this entity surface form: John Beckley