John Wayles Eppes
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John Wayles Eppes was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in the early 19th century and was closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s family.
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| John Wayles Eppes canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: John Wayles Eppes Context triple: [Mary Jefferson Eppes, spouse, John Wayles Eppes]
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Mary Jefferson Eppes
Mary Jefferson Eppes was the younger daughter of Thomas Jefferson, remembered for her close relationship with her father and her early death in the early 19th century.
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Nathaniel Peabody
Nathaniel Peabody was a 19th-century American dentist and the patriarch of the Peabody family, known as the father of artist and writer Sophia Peabody Hawthorne.
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William Legrand
William Legrand is the eccentric, reclusive amateur cryptographer and treasure hunter who serves as the protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Gold-Bug.”
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Jeremy Belknap
Jeremy Belknap was an American clergyman and historian best known for his pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire and for helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States.
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Martha Eppes Wayles
Martha Eppes Wayles was a colonial Virginia woman of the planter elite and the mother of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, the wife of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Wayles Eppes Target entity description: John Wayles Eppes was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in the early 19th century and was closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s family.
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Mary Jefferson Eppes
Mary Jefferson Eppes was the younger daughter of Thomas Jefferson, remembered for her close relationship with her father and her early death in the early 19th century.
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Nathaniel Peabody
Nathaniel Peabody was a 19th-century American dentist and the patriarch of the Peabody family, known as the father of artist and writer Sophia Peabody Hawthorne.
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C.
William Legrand
William Legrand is the eccentric, reclusive amateur cryptographer and treasure hunter who serves as the protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Gold-Bug.”
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Jeremy Belknap
Jeremy Belknap was an American clergyman and historian best known for his pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire and for helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States.
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Martha Eppes Wayles
Martha Eppes Wayles was a colonial Virginia woman of the planter elite and the mother of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, the wife of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ planter ⓘ |
| birth date | 1772-04-19 ⓘ |
| birth place | Cumberland County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burial place | Millbrook plantation, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause of death | illness ⓘ |
| committee chair | House Committee on Ways and Means NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country of citizenship | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| death date | 1823-09-13 ⓘ |
| death place | Buckingham County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educated at |
College of William & Mary
NERFINISHED
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Hampden–Sydney College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnic group | English American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family name | Eppes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Francis Eppes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| given name | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member of political party | Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Wayles Eppes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Wayles Eppes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notable for |
close familial connection to Thomas Jefferson
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service in the early 19th-century U.S. Congress ⓘ |
| notable relative | Martha Jefferson Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notable work | service as chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means during the War of 1812 era ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| owned | plantation in Virginia ⓘ |
| position held |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
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United States Senator from Virginia ⓘ |
| relative | Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented |
Virginia in the United States Senate
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Virginia's 10th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia's 21st congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| son-in-law of | Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Martha Burke Jones
NERFINISHED
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Mary Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| term in office ended |
1811 (first period in U.S. House of Representatives)
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1815 (U.S. Senate) ⓘ 1819 (second period in U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ |
| term in office started |
1803 (U.S. House of Representatives)
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1813 (U.S. Senate) ⓘ 1817 (second period in U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ |
| work location | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: John Wayles Eppes Description of subject: John Wayles Eppes was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in the early 19th century and was closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s family.
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