1936 New York gubernatorial election
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The 1936 New York gubernatorial election was a state-level contest held in New York to choose the governor during the mid-Depression era, coinciding with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s landslide re-election year.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12166947 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1936 New York gubernatorial election Context triple: [1934 New York gubernatorial election, followedBy, 1936 New York gubernatorial election]
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1932 New York gubernatorial election
The 1932 New York gubernatorial election was a pivotal state contest during the Great Depression in which Democrat Herbert H. Lehman won the governorship amid a broader national shift toward the New Deal coalition.
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1946 New York gubernatorial election
The 1946 New York gubernatorial election was a mid-20th-century statewide contest in which Republican leadership was reaffirmed in the post-World War II political climate.
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1930 New York gubernatorial election
The 1930 New York gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of New York during the early years of the Great Depression.
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D.
1938 New York gubernatorial election
The 1938 New York gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of New York during the late Great Depression era.
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E.
1942 New York gubernatorial election
The 1942 New York gubernatorial election was a mid-World War II statewide contest in which Republican prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey won the governorship of New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1936 New York gubernatorial election Target entity description: The 1936 New York gubernatorial election was a state-level contest held in New York to choose the governor during the mid-Depression era, coinciding with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s landslide re-election year.
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A.
1932 New York gubernatorial election
The 1932 New York gubernatorial election was a pivotal state contest during the Great Depression in which Democrat Herbert H. Lehman won the governorship amid a broader national shift toward the New Deal coalition.
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B.
1946 New York gubernatorial election
The 1946 New York gubernatorial election was a mid-20th-century statewide contest in which Republican leadership was reaffirmed in the post-World War II political climate.
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C.
1930 New York gubernatorial election
The 1930 New York gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of New York during the early years of the Great Depression.
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D.
1938 New York gubernatorial election
The 1938 New York gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of New York during the late Great Depression era.
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E.
1942 New York gubernatorial election
The 1942 New York gubernatorial election was a mid-World War II statewide contest in which Republican prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey won the governorship of New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
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