Question: Who appointed Joseph Clay and William Cushing to their office?
SPARQL query: SELECT DISTINCT ?uri WHERE { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Joseph_Clay_(Georgia)> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/appointer> ?uri. <http://dbpedia.org/resource/William_Cushing> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/appointer> ?uri . }
Answer: The appointer of both Joseph Clay and William Cushing is [George Washington].