William W. Belknap

Target entity: William W. Belknap
Context triple: [Ulysses S. Grant administration, officeHolder, William W. Belknap]

• A. Edwin M. Stanton
  Edwin M. Stanton was the U.S. Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, whose dismissal by Johnson triggered the political crisis that led to Johnson’s impeachment.
• B. Nathaniel P. Banks
  Nathaniel P. Banks was a Union major general in the American Civil War and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and governor of Massachusetts.
• C. Richard Mentor Johnson
  Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth vice president of the United States, serving under President Martin Van Buren and known for his controversial personal life and claims of having killed the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in battle.
• D. Franklin Buchanan
  Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
• E. William Wirt
  William Wirt was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and became the Anti-Masonic Party’s presidential candidate in the 1832 election.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: William W. Belknap
Target entity description: William W. Belknap was a 19th-century American politician and Union Civil War general who served as U.S. Secretary of War and resigned amid a major corruption scandal.

• A. Edwin M. Stanton
  Edwin M. Stanton was the U.S. Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, whose dismissal by Johnson triggered the political crisis that led to Johnson’s impeachment.
• B. Nathaniel P. Banks
  Nathaniel P. Banks was a Union major general in the American Civil War and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and governor of Massachusetts.
• C. Richard Mentor Johnson
  Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth vice president of the United States, serving under President Martin Van Buren and known for his controversial personal life and claims of having killed the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in battle.
• D. Franklin Buchanan
  Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
• E. William Wirt
  William Wirt was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and became the Anti-Masonic Party’s presidential candidate in the 1832 election.
• F. None of above. chosen