Horace Maynard
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Horace Maynard was a 19th-century American politician and diplomat from Tennessee who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Horace Maynard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4201156 — 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: Horace Maynard Context triple: [Maynardville, namedFor, Horace Maynard]
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A.
Ed Bullins
Ed Bullins was an influential American playwright whose politically charged, experimental works made him a central voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly was an influential American jazz pianist known for his swinging, blues-inflected style and his work with Miles Davis and other bebop and hard bop greats.
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C.
Charles-Haden Savage
Charles-Haden Savage is a semi-retired, once-famous TV actor who becomes an unlikely true-crime podcaster and amateur sleuth in the comedy-mystery series "Only Murders in the Building."
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D.
George Lewis
George Lewis is a central character in the 1930 stage comedy "Once in a Lifetime," known for his bumbling yet endearing role in satirizing Hollywood's transition to talking pictures.
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E.
Clifton Brown
Clifton Brown is a notable individual distinguished by the given name Clifton, recognized among prominent bearers of that name.
- 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: Horace Maynard Target entity description: Horace Maynard was a 19th-century American politician and diplomat from Tennessee who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.
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A.
Ed Bullins
Ed Bullins was an influential American playwright whose politically charged, experimental works made him a central voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly was an influential American jazz pianist known for his swinging, blues-inflected style and his work with Miles Davis and other bebop and hard bop greats.
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C.
Charles-Haden Savage
Charles-Haden Savage is a semi-retired, once-famous TV actor who becomes an unlikely true-crime podcaster and amateur sleuth in the comedy-mystery series "Only Murders in the Building."
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D.
George Lewis
George Lewis is a central character in the 1930 stage comedy "Once in a Lifetime," known for his bumbling yet endearing role in satirizing Hollywood's transition to talking pictures.
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E.
Clifton Brown
Clifton Brown is a notable individual distinguished by the given name Clifton, recognized among prominent bearers of that name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
James A. Garfield
ⓘ
Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Old Gray Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1814-06-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1882-05-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Amherst College ⓘ |
| endTime |
second tenure in U.S. House of Representatives: 1875
ⓘ
tenure in U.S. House of Representatives: 1863 ⓘ term as United States Postmaster General: 1881 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Maynard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
law ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Horace ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
Maynardville
ⓘ
surface form:
Maynardville, Tennessee
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Westborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
Whig Party ⓘ
surface form:
Whig Party (United States)
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | Unionist leadership in Tennessee during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Westborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire
Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States Postmaster General
U.S. Representative ⓘ
surface form:
United States Representative
|
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| represented |
Tennessee
ⓘ
Tennessee's 2nd congressional district ⓘ |
| representedIn | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| residence | Knoxville, Tennessee ONNED1 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Laura Ann Washburn ⓘ |
| startTime |
second tenure in U.S. House of Representatives: 1866
ⓘ
tenure in U.S. House of Representatives: 1857 ⓘ term as United States Postmaster General: 1880 ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
East Tennessee State University
ⓘ
surface form:
East Tennessee College
University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ
surface form:
University of Tennessee (early form)
|
| workLocation | Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Horace Maynard Description of subject: Horace Maynard was a 19th-century American politician and diplomat from Tennessee who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.