John Alexander Logan

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American politician Union Army general United States representative United States senator author human lawyer

John Alexander Logan was a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential Republican politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
John A. Logan	14
John Alexander Logan canonical	2
John Alexander Logan Jr.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T385743 — 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: John Alexander Logan
Context triple: [Oak Ridge Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, John Alexander Logan]

A. Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
B. Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
C. Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
D. Charles A. Halleck
Charles A. Halleck was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican congressman from Indiana who served as a key party leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
E. Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax was a prominent 17th-century English general who led Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories during the English Civil War.
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: John Alexander Logan
Target entity description: John Alexander Logan was a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential Republican politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois.

A. Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
B. Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
C. Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
D. Charles A. Halleck
Charles A. Halleck was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican congressman from Indiana who served as a key party leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
E. Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax was a prominent 17th-century English general who led Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories during the English Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Union Army general ⓘ United States representative ⓘ United States senator ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	John Alexander Logan ⓘ surface form: John A. Logan
birthDate	1826-02-09 ⓘ
birthPlace	Jackson County, Illinois, United States ⓘ
burialPlace	United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery ⓘ
child	John Alexander Logan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Alexander Logan Jr.
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1886-12-26 ⓘ
deathPlace	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
familyName	Logan ⓘ
fullName	John Alexander Logan self-link ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
honor	Fort Logan in Colorado named after him ⓘ Logan Circle in Washington, D.C. named after him ⓘ
ideology	Radical Republican ⓘ
knownFor	Advocacy for Memorial Day as a national day of remembrance ⓘ Leadership of volunteer troops in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ Prominent role in the Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
militaryBranch	Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank	major general ⓘ
movement	Unionist ⓘ
notableWork	The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History ⓘ
officeEnd	U.S. Representative from Illinois: 1862 ⓘ U.S. Representative from Illinois: 1871 ⓘ U.S. Senator from Illinois: 1877 ⓘ U.S. Senator from Illinois: 1886 ⓘ
officeStart	U.S. Representative from Illinois: 1859 ⓘ U.S. Representative from Illinois: 1867 ⓘ U.S. Senator from Illinois: 1871 ⓘ U.S. Senator from Illinois: 1879 ⓘ
partySwitch	Switched from Democratic Party to Republican Party during the Civil War ⓘ
politicalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois ⓘ Member of the Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ United States Representative from Illinois ⓘ United States Senator from Illinois ⓘ
representedDistrict	Illinois's 13th congressional district ⓘ surface form: Illinois 13th congressional district Illinois's 9th congressional district ⓘ surface form: Illinois 9th congressional district
residence	Murphysboro, Illinois, United States ⓘ
signature	Signature of John A. Logan ⓘ
spouse	Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan ⓘ
stateRepresented	Illinois ⓘ

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