Samuel Swartwout
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Samuel Swartwout was a 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for his role in a major federal embezzlement scandal while serving in the Jackson administration.
All labels observed (1)
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| Samuel Swartwout canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4408163 — 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: Samuel Swartwout Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Samuel Swartwout]
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Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
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B.
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland, best known for his authoritarian rule and for overseeing its surrender to the English, after which it became New York.
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C.
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
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D.
Willem Kieft
Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
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E.
Abraham Pierson
Abraham Pierson was a colonial American clergyman and educator who served as the first rector (president) of the institution that became Yale University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Swartwout Target entity description: Samuel Swartwout was a 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for his role in a major federal embezzlement scandal while serving in the Jackson administration.
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A.
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
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B.
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland, best known for his authoritarian rule and for overseeing its surrender to the English, after which it became New York.
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C.
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
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D.
Willem Kieft
Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
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E.
Abraham Pierson
Abraham Pierson was a colonial American clergyman and educator who served as the first rector (president) of the institution that became Yale University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegedCrime | embezzlement of federal customs revenues ⓘ |
| amountInvolved | over one million dollars (contemporary estimate) ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Democratic Party (United States)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tammany Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
investment in western lands
ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ |
| causeOfNotoriety | flight to Europe amid embezzlement accusations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1783-11-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1856-11-21 ⓘ |
| employer | United States Customs Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1838 (as Collector of the Port of New York) ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch American ⓘ |
| familyName | Swartwout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrother |
John Swartwout
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Swartwout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInLexicon | origin of the term "to swartwout" meaning to embezzle and flee ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
John Swartwout
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Swartwout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | reform of federal customs and accounting procedures ⓘ |
| legalStatus | never criminally convicted in the United States for the embezzlement ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army (War of 1812, associated family) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | suspension and investigation in 1838 for customs shortages ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defalcation as Collector of the Port of New York
ⓘ
major federal embezzlement scandal ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participantIn | Jackson administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | patronage system of the Jackson administration ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Poughkeepsie, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Jacksonian Democrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Collector of the Port of New York ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| startTime | 1829 (as Collector of the Port of New York) ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Samuel Swartwout Description of subject: Samuel Swartwout was a 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for his role in a major federal embezzlement scandal while serving in the Jackson administration.
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