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 |
|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | United States Cabinet member |
| Cecil D. Andrus | United States Cabinet member |
|
Condoleezza
surface form:
Condoleezza Rice
|
American government official |
| George W. Romney | United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| William G. Miller | — |
| G. Gordon Liddy | FBI agent |
| Jeane Duane Jordan | — |
|
Dominique DiPierro in Mr. Robot
surface form:
Dominique DiPierro
|
FBI agent |
| Thomas Pinckney | American diplomat |
| Ryan Crocker | American diplomat |
|
Senator Joseph Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
surface form:
Senator Joseph Paine
|
United States senator (fictional) |
| John J. Knox | American government official |
| White House staff | United States federal government personnel |
| Nicholas Trist | American diplomat |
| Trevor Gardner | — |
| Robert D. Murphy | American diplomat |
| Assistant Secretaries of Transportation | senior executive branch official |
| James Jones | national security advisor |
| Douglas Shulman | American public official |
| Mark D. Bailey | American diplomat |
| Clerk of the United States House of Representatives | officer of the United States House of Representatives |
| Warren Olney III | — |
|
Brian Boynton (acting)
surface form:
Brian Boynton
|
— |
| Frank Wisner | American diplomat |
|
Wailes
surface form:
Edward Thomas Wailes
|
American diplomat |
| F. David Mathews | United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare |
| Robert Woods Bliss | American diplomat |
| John Collier | — |
| United States Representative for UN Management and Reform | United States diplomatic representative |
| James L. Wilmeth | American government official |
| John R. Steelman | American government official |
| L. Paul Bremer | American diplomat |
| Frederick Low | United States diplomat |
| Linda Tripp | United States civil servant |
| April H. Foley | — |
| David Petraeus | former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency |
| Director General of the Foreign Service | senior leadership role in the U.S. Department of State |
|
Joan Felt
surface form:
Mark Felt
|
FBI official |
| Zachary A. Cunha | United States Attorney |
| Silas Deane | American diplomat |
| Sumner Welles | American diplomat |
| Senator Joseph Paine | United States senator (fictional) |
| J. Herbert Hollomon | — |
| Andrew Giuliani | former government official |
| United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota | United States Attorney |
|
William C. Foster as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
surface form:
William C. Foster
|
— |
| Gary Locke | United States Cabinet member |
| William Eaton | United States diplomat |
|
Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources
surface form:
Harvey O. Banks
|
California state government official |
| Assistant Secretary of Labor for Public Affairs | senior official role in the U.S. Department of Labor |