Oliver Wolcott Jr.
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Oliver Wolcott Jr. was an American statesman who served as the second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as Governor of Connecticut in the early years of the republic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oliver Wolcott Jr. canonical | 8 |
| Oliver Wolcott Jr., United States Secretary of the Treasury | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T630282 — 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: Oliver Wolcott Jr. Context triple: [Litchfield, Connecticut, birthplaceOf, Oliver Wolcott Jr.]
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A.
John Leverett
John Leverett was a 17th-century colonial governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who played a key leadership role during King Philip's War.
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B.
Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.
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C.
Harry Gallatin
Harry Gallatin was an American Basketball Hall of Famer known for his standout playing career with the New York Knicks and later success as an NBA head coach.
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D.
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and orator who served as a U.S. senator and secretary of state and became a leading voice for preserving the Union.
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E.
Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin was a 19th-century California businessman and politician who co-founded the hardware firm Huntington, Hopkins & Co. and originally built the residence later known as the California Governor's Mansion.
- 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: Oliver Wolcott Jr. Target entity description: Oliver Wolcott Jr. was an American statesman who served as the second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as Governor of Connecticut in the early years of the republic.
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A.
John Leverett
John Leverett was a 17th-century colonial governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who played a key leadership role during King Philip's War.
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B.
Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.
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C.
Harry Gallatin
Harry Gallatin was an American Basketball Hall of Famer known for his standout playing career with the New York Knicks and later success as an NBA head coach.
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D.
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and orator who served as a U.S. senator and secretary of state and became a leading voice for preserving the Union.
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E.
Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin was a 19th-century California businessman and politician who co-founded the hardware firm Huntington, Hopkins & Co. and originally built the residence later known as the California Governor's Mansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Governor of Connecticut
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United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
George Washington
ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ |
| burialPlace | East Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1760-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1833-06-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale College ⓘ |
| endTime |
1800-12-31 (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury)
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1827-05-02 (as Governor of Connecticut) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Wolcott ⓘ |
| father | Oliver Wolcott Sr. ⓘ |
| givenName | Oliver ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Roger Wolcott (grandfather) ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Federalists
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surface form:
Federalist Party
|
| mother | Laura Collins Wolcott ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | none ⓘ |
| notableFor |
serving as Governor of Connecticut for a decade
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serving as the second United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of U.S. Treasury debt and fiscal policy in the 1790s ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participatedIn | early financial administration of the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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surface form:
Litchfield, Connecticut
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York
|
| positionHeld |
Governor of Connecticut
ⓘ
Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit ⓘ Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of the Treasury
|
| precededBy |
Alexander Hamilton
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexander Hamilton (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury)
John Cotton Smith (as Governor of Connecticut) ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| residence |
Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Litchfield, Connecticut
New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Oliver Wolcott Jr. ⓘ |
| spouse | Laura Collins Wolcott Jr. (often referred to as Laura Collins) ⓘ |
| startTime |
1795-02-03 (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury)
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1817-05-08 (as Governor of Connecticut) ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Gideon Tomlinson (as Governor of Connecticut)
ⓘ
Samuel Dexter (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Hartford, Connecticut
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oliver Wolcott Jr. Description of subject: Oliver Wolcott Jr. was an American statesman who served as the second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as Governor of Connecticut in the early years of the republic.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Litchfield, Connecticut
subject surface form:
Samuel Dexter
subject surface form:
John Cotton Smith
subject surface form:
Laura Collins Wolcott Jr.
this entity surface form:
Oliver Wolcott Jr., United States Secretary of the Treasury