Alonzo B. Cornell
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Alonzo B. Cornell was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of New York in the early 1880s and was a prominent figure in the Republican Party during the Gilded Age.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alonzo B. Cornell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4408167 — 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: Alonzo B. Cornell Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Alonzo B. Cornell]
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Elbert D. Thomas
Elbert D. Thomas was an American educator and Democratic U.S. Senator from Utah who served from 1933 to 1951 and was known for his work on foreign policy and education.
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B.
Alois B. Richardson
Alois B. Richardson was an early settler and influential figure in the development of the community that became the city of Richardson, Texas.
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C.
Robert Heberton Terrell
Robert Heberton Terrell was an African American lawyer, educator, and one of the first Black judges in Washington, D.C., known for his civil rights advocacy and public service.
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D.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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E.
Lemuel P. Grant
Lemuel P. Grant was a 19th-century American engineer, railroad executive, and Confederate officer best known for designing Atlanta’s Civil War fortifications and donating land for what became Grant Park.
- 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: Alonzo B. Cornell Target entity description: Alonzo B. Cornell was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of New York in the early 1880s and was a prominent figure in the Republican Party during the Gilded Age.
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A.
Elbert D. Thomas
Elbert D. Thomas was an American educator and Democratic U.S. Senator from Utah who served from 1933 to 1951 and was known for his work on foreign policy and education.
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B.
Alois B. Richardson
Alois B. Richardson was an early settler and influential figure in the development of the community that became the city of Richardson, Texas.
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C.
Robert Heberton Terrell
Robert Heberton Terrell was an African American lawyer, educator, and one of the first Black judges in Washington, D.C., known for his civil rights advocacy and public service.
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D.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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E.
Lemuel P. Grant
Lemuel P. Grant was a 19th-century American engineer, railroad executive, and Confederate officer best known for designing Atlanta’s Civil War fortifications and donating land for what became Grant Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessman
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1832-01-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness (natural causes) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1904-10-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Western Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1882 (as Governor of New York) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Ezra Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
state government
ⓘ
telegraph industry ⓘ |
| genre | public administration ⓘ |
| givenName | Alonzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| movement | Gilded Age Republican politics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Republican Party in New York
ⓘ
serving as Governor of New York from 1880 to 1882 ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Ezra Cornell (founder of Cornell University) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | administrative reforms as Governor of New York ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | 27th Governor of New York ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of New York
ⓘ
chairman of the New York Republican State Committee ⓘ member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ naval officer of the Port of New York ⓘ president of Western Union (acting / senior executive roles) ⓘ |
| predecessor | Lucius Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
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| represented | Tompkins County in the New York State Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Ithaca, New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ellen Augusta Covert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1880 (as Governor of New York) ⓘ |
| successor | Grover Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alonzo B. Cornell Description of subject: Alonzo B. Cornell was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of New York in the early 1880s and was a prominent figure in the Republican Party during the Gilded Age.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.