John A. Rawlins
E421033
John A. Rawlins was a Union Army general and close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant who played a key role in Civil War military administration and later served in Grant’s presidential cabinet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John A. Rawlins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4219322 — 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.
Target entity: John A. Rawlins Context triple: [Assistant Secretary of War, officeHeldBy, John A. Rawlins]
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Henry B. Carrington
Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
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John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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D.
Benjamin Titus Roberts
Benjamin Titus Roberts was a 19th-century American Methodist minister and reformer best known for leading the holiness movement that resulted in the formation of the Free Methodist Church.
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E.
William G. Fargo
William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John A. Rawlins Target entity description: John A. Rawlins was a Union Army general and close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant who played a key role in Civil War military administration and later served in Grant’s presidential cabinet.
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A.
Henry B. Carrington
Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
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B.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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C.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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D.
Benjamin Titus Roberts
Benjamin Titus Roberts was a 19th-century American Methodist minister and reformer best known for leading the holiness movement that resulted in the formation of the Free Methodist Church.
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E.
William G. Fargo
William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
ⓘ
United States Secretary of War ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1831-02-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Galena, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1869-09-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Washington, D.C. ONNED1 ⓘ |
| education | read law (legal apprenticeship) ⓘ |
| employer |
United States Army
ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
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| familyName | Rawlins ⓘ |
| fullName | John Aaron Rawlins ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMonument | General John A. Rawlins statue in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influencing Grant’s policies on alcohol use
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organizational and administrative skills in the field ⓘ |
| memberOf | Union Army staff of Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brevet major general
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brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant
ⓘ
key role in Union Army military administration ⓘ service in Grant’s presidential cabinet ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of Ulysses S. Grant’s Civil War campaigns ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1869-09-06 ⓘ |
| officeHeld | United States Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1869-03-13 ⓘ |
| partyAffiliation | Republican Party ONNED1 ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Congressional Cemetery ONNED1 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States Secretary of War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| preWarOccupation | lawyer in Galena, Illinois ⓘ |
| roleDuringCivilWar |
aide-de-camp to Ulysses S. Grant
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chief of staff for the Union armies commanded by Grant ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith | Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: John A. Rawlins Description of subject: John A. Rawlins was a Union Army general and close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant who played a key role in Civil War military administration and later served in Grant’s presidential cabinet.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.