David Rice Atchison
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David Rice Atchison was a 19th-century American politician from Missouri who served as a U.S. senator and influential pro-slavery leader during the period leading up to the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Rice Atchison canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11108114 — 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: David Rice Atchison Context triple: [Atchison, Kansas, United States, namedAfter, David Rice Atchison]
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A.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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B.
Henry B. Carrington
Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
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C.
Thomas Hicks
Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax was an American politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States and a prominent Republican leader during the Reconstruction era.
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E.
George Washington Cass
George Washington Cass was a 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman influential in the expansion of rail transport in the northern United States.
- 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: David Rice Atchison Target entity description: David Rice Atchison was a 19th-century American politician from Missouri who served as a U.S. senator and influential pro-slavery leader during the period leading up to the Civil War.
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A.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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B.
Henry B. Carrington
Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
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C.
Thomas Hicks
Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax was an American politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States and a prominent Republican leader during the Reconstruction era.
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E.
George Washington Cass
George Washington Cass was a 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman influential in the expansion of rail transport in the northern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
Democratic Party politician ⓘ United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ slave owner ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1807-08-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Fayette County, Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| burialPlace | Greenlawn Cemetery, Plattsburg, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chairpersonOf | Senate Committee on Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1886-01-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Clinton County, Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| educatedAt | Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1855 ⓘ |
| familyName | Atchison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | myth of being President of the United States for one day ⓘ |
| ideology |
pro-slavery
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states' rights ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership in the pro-slavery movement in Missouri and Kansas
ⓘ
support for the Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Alexander William Doniphan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Missouri State Militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| name | David Rice Atchison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | alleged one-day presidency on March 4, 1849 ⓘ |
| notableWork | advocacy for the extension of slavery into Kansas Territory ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Bleeding Kansas conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States senator from Missouri ⓘ member of the Missouri State Legislature ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Liberty, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Lewis F. Linn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| represented | Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Liberty, Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Platte County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAlongside | Thomas Hart Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signature | signature of David Rice Atchison ⓘ |
| startTime | 1843 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | James S. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | expansion of slavery into western territories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Rice Atchison Description of subject: David Rice Atchison was a 19th-century American politician from Missouri who served as a U.S. senator and influential pro-slavery leader during the period leading up to the Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
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