United States government official
C2387
concept
A United States government official is an individual who holds an appointed or elected position within the federal, state, or local government of the United States, responsible for carrying out public duties and implementing laws and policies.
All labels observed (73)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American diplomat | 88 |
| United States Attorney | 47 |
| United States Cabinet member | 43 |
| American government official | 35 |
| United States government official canonical | 33 |
| American public official | 21 |
| FBI agent | 13 |
| United States ambassador | 8 |
| former government official | 8 |
| United States Secretary of Labor | 7 |
| United States Secretary of Education | 6 |
| Solicitor General of the United States | 5 |
| member of the United States Senate | 5 |
| national security advisor | 5 |
| political appointee | 4 |
| senior executive branch official | 4 |
| United States Solicitor General | 3 |
| American civil servant | 2 |
| American presidential elector | 2 |
| Chief of Protocol of the United States | 2 |
| FBI official | 2 |
| New Deal administrator | 2 |
| Obama administration official | 2 |
| United States Department of Justice official | 2 |
| United States Deputy Attorney General | 2 |
| United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | 2 |
| United States Secretary of the Interior | 2 |
| United States diplomat | 2 |
| United States senator (fictional) | 2 |
| federal government official | 2 |
| federal official | 2 |
| government employee | 2 |
| African American officeholder | 1 |
| American local government leader | 1 |
| American local official | 1 |
| California state government official | 1 |
| Comptroller General of the United States | 1 |
| Foreign Service officer | 1 |
| German-American politician | 1 |
| Massachusetts government position | 1 |
| NACA official | 1 |
| NOAA administrator | 1 |
| Reagan administration official | 1 |
| U.S. Department of State position | 1 |
| U.S. federal government employee | 1 |
| U.S. government official | 1 |
| Under Secretary of State of the United States | 1 |
| United States Department of Transportation official | 1 |
| United States Foreign Service officer | 1 |
| United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | 1 |
| United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs | 1 |
| United States civil servant | 1 |
| United States diplomatic representative | 1 |
| United States federal government official | 1 |
| United States federal government personnel | 1 |
| United States minister | 1 |
| United States vice president | 1 |
| Watergate scandal figure | 1 |
| administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | 1 |
| chief executive of the National Archives and Records Administration | 1 |
| constitutional officer of Illinois | 1 |
| constitutional officer of Missouri | 1 |
| director of government agency | 1 |
| foreign policy official | 1 |
| former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | 1 |
| former United States Secretary of Commerce | 1 |
| former United States Secretary of the Navy | 1 |
| member of the 9/11 Commission | 1 |
| nonpartisan officer of the United States House of Representatives | 1 |
| officer of the United States House of Representatives | 1 |
| senior U.S. intelligence official role | 1 |
| senior leadership role in the U.S. Department of State | 1 |
| senior official role in the U.S. Department of Labor | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: United States government official
Generated description
A United States government official is an individual who holds an appointed or elected position within the federal, state, or local government of the United States, responsible for carrying out public duties and implementing laws and policies.
Instances (393)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Anthony Dryden Marshall | American diplomat |
| James Gadsden | American diplomat |
| Nicholas Eveleigh | American public official |
| National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Futures | senior U.S. intelligence official role |
| John T. Dunlop | United States Secretary of Labor |
| Richard Harrison | American public official |
| Curt Skoog | American local government leader |
| J. Lee Rankin | Solicitor General of the United States |
| George B. Cortelyou | United States Cabinet member |
| Manuel Lujan Jr. | United States Secretary of the Interior |
| Ray Lyman Wilbur | United States Cabinet member |
| William P. Rogers | United States Cabinet member |
| Robert B. Bowler | American public official |
| Betsy DeVos | United States Secretary of Education |
|
Middleton family
surface form:
Henry Middleton (1770–1846)
|
American diplomat |
| United States Senator | member of the United States Senate |
|
Mike Rogers
surface form:
Mike Rogers (FBI official)
|
American government official |
| Eliot Richardson | United States Cabinet member |
| John F. Kelly | — |
| Christian M. Ravndal | American diplomat |
| Linda Chávez | Reagan administration official |
| Elliott Abrams | American diplomat |
| Thomas Ewing | United States Cabinet member |
|
McHenry
surface form:
Donald McHenry
|
American diplomat |
| Robert P. Patterson | — |
| Simon Cameron | United States Cabinet member |
| Arthur Lee | American diplomat |
| Michael Baca | American presidential elector |
| Francis B. Sayre Sr. | American diplomat |
| Richard M. Fairbanks | American diplomat |
| Fannie Coralie Perkins | United States Cabinet member |
| Charles Ewing | federal official |
| Abraham A. Ribicoff | United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare |
| Walter Dellinger | — |
| Illinois Attorney General | constitutional officer of Illinois |
| Benjamin Sumner Welles | American diplomat |
| Victoria A. Espinel | American government official |
|
Morgenthau
surface form:
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
|
American diplomat |
| Byron R. White | United States Deputy Attorney General |
| Ruth Bryan Owen | United States ambassador |
| Chief Administrative Officer of the House | nonpartisan officer of the United States House of Representatives |
| Robert C. Weaver | United States Cabinet member |
| William C. Redfield | United States Cabinet member |
| William H. Hunt | United States Cabinet member |
| Philip Barton Key II | United States Attorney |
|
Dulles
surface form:
Allen Dulles
|
American government official |
| James J. Davis | United States Cabinet member |
| Garrett Davis | member of the United States Senate |
| Blanche K. Bruce | African American officeholder |
| Mark Felt | FBI official |