Benjamin R. Curtis
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Benjamin R. Curtis was a 19th-century American jurist best known as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and for his notable dissent in the Dred Scott decision.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benjamin R. Curtis canonical | 1 |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10673710 — 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: Benjamin R. Curtis Context triple: [Taney Court, hasAssociateJustice, Benjamin R. Curtis]
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A.
Lazarus W. Powell
Lazarus W. Powell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Kentucky and later as a U.S. senator.
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B.
Henry J. F. Brown
Henry J. F. Brown was a naval officer who played a commanding role in the World War II Battle of Narvik.
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C.
Ely C. Chase
Ely C. Chase is the ruthless railroad executive who serves as the primary antagonist in the 1959 romantic comedy film "It Happened to Jane."
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D.
Winfield B. Hale
Winfield B. Hale was an American judge who served on the U.S. military tribunal in the High Command Trial, one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials after World War II.
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E.
Thoroughgood Marshall
Thoroughgood Marshall, better known as Thurgood Marshall, was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer and the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 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: Benjamin R. Curtis Target entity description: Benjamin R. Curtis was a 19th-century American jurist best known as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and for his notable dissent in the Dred Scott decision.
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A.
Lazarus W. Powell
Lazarus W. Powell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Kentucky and later as a U.S. senator.
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B.
Henry J. F. Brown
Henry J. F. Brown was a naval officer who played a commanding role in the World War II Battle of Narvik.
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C.
Ely C. Chase
Ely C. Chase is the ruthless railroad executive who serves as the primary antagonist in the 1959 romantic comedy film "It Happened to Jane."
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D.
Winfield B. Hale
Winfield B. Hale was an American judge who served on the U.S. military tribunal in the High Command Trial, one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials after World War II.
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E.
Thoroughgood Marshall
Thoroughgood Marshall, better known as Thurgood Marshall, was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer and the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
human ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Millard Fillmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Auburn Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1809-11-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1874-09-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1857-09-30 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
commercial law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredFor | defense of constitutional limits on slavery in Dred Scott dissent ⓘ |
| knownFor | dissent in Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableCase | Dred Scott v. Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dissenting opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Watertown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForResignation | disagreement with the Court and workload concerns ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarian ⓘ |
| replaced | Levi Woodbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Nathan Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resignedFrom | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | George Ticknor Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1851-09-22 ⓘ |
| termEndAsAssociateJustice | 1857 ⓘ |
| termStartAsAssociateJustice | 1851 ⓘ |
| workedAs | practicing attorney in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| wrote | legal opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Benjamin R. Curtis Description of subject: Benjamin R. Curtis was a 19th-century American jurist best known as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and for his notable dissent in the Dred Scott decision.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Benjamin Robbins Curtis