Richard P. Bland
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Richard P. Bland was a 19th-century American Democratic congressman from Missouri known for his strong advocacy of silver coinage and monetary reform.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard P. Bland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2525355 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard P. Bland Context triple: [Bland–Allison Act, introducedBy, Richard P. Bland]
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A.
Anthony W. Marshall
Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
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B.
William C. Gordon
William C. Gordon was an American lawyer-turned-crime novelist best known for his San Francisco–set detective fiction and his marriage to Chilean author Isabel Allende.
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C.
John R. Hodge
John R. Hodge was a U.S. Army general who led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II and later held senior commands in the postwar U.S. military.
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D.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
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E.
Alan M. Gates
Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
- 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: Richard P. Bland Target entity description: Richard P. Bland was a 19th-century American Democratic congressman from Missouri known for his strong advocacy of silver coinage and monetary reform.
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A.
Anthony W. Marshall
Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
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B.
William C. Gordon
William C. Gordon was an American lawyer-turned-crime novelist best known for his San Francisco–set detective fiction and his marriage to Chilean author Isabel Allende.
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C.
John R. Hodge
John R. Hodge was a U.S. Army general who led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II and later held senior commands in the postwar U.S. military.
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D.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
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E.
Alan M. Gates
Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Richard Parks Bland Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theodore Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Bland–Allison Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835-08-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1899-06-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Centre College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lynn Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Louis University School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfFinalHouseTerm | 1895 ⓘ |
| familyName | Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| ideology | bimetallism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bland–Allison Act
NERFINISHED
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advocacy of silver coinage ⓘ monetary reform ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| middleName | Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Free silver movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Silver Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hart County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lebanon, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
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member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri ⓘ |
| practiceArea | law ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| representedDistrict |
Missouri's 5th congressional district
NERFINISHED
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Missouri's 8th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Lebanon, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Virginia Elizabeth Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfFirstHouseTerm | 1873 ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unsuccessfulCandidateFor | Democratic presidential nomination ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Lebanon, Missouri
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| yearOfPresidentialNominationBid | 1896 ⓘ |
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Subject: Richard P. Bland Description of subject: Richard P. Bland was a 19th-century American Democratic congressman from Missouri known for his strong advocacy of silver coinage and monetary reform.
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