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 |
|---|---|
| Rod Rosenstein | United States Deputy Attorney General |
|
Nikki
surface form:
Nikki Haley
|
United States ambassador |
| Nimarata Nikki Randhawa | American diplomat |
| United States Attorney for the District of Vermont | United States Attorney |
| Alexander J. Dallas | — |
| United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia | United States Attorney |
| William L. Clayton | United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana | United States Attorney |
| Alexander Mahone | FBI agent |
| Michael P. Hein | American public official |
|
United States Trustees
surface form:
United States Trustee
|
federal official |
| John O’Neill | FBI agent |
| Alexander Butterfield | former government official |
| Brian A. Benczkowski | United States Department of Justice official |
| United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa | United States Attorney |
| William Walker | American diplomat |
| Clare Boothe Luce | United States ambassador |
| Eugene V. Rostow | — |
| United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana | United States Attorney |
| Walter J. Donnelly | American diplomat |
| Edwin M. Stanton | United States Cabinet member |
| Deborah L. Birx | — |
| Renée Marie Bumb | federal government official |
| Frances Perkins | United States Cabinet member |
|
Robert R. Livingston, drafter of the Declaration of Independence
surface form:
Robert R. Livingston
|
American diplomat |
| Michael O. Leavitt | United States Cabinet member |
| Josiah E. DuBois Jr. | — |
| Karl G. Harr Jr. | — |
| Linda Stephens | American local official |
| Graham Martin | American diplomat |
| J. M. Dickinson | — |
| Tracy Voorhees | — |
| John L. Sullivan | American government official |
| Robert Shaw Oliver | — |
| Florence T. Nakakuni | United States Attorney |
| Robert M. Speer | American public official |
| Edward H. Kubo Jr. | United States Attorney |
| assistant district attorneys of San Francisco | government employee |
| Juanita M. Kreps | United States Cabinet member |
|
Lowell family
surface form:
James Russell Lowell
|
American diplomat |
|
United States Minister John L. Stevens
surface form:
John L. Stevens
|
United States minister |
| Slade Gorton | member of the 9/11 Commission |
| Xavier Becerra | United States Cabinet member |
| Elias B. Fish | — |
| Gordon Gray | American government official |
| Edward Bruce | New Deal administrator |
| Leo T. Crowley | American government official |
| David B. Cornstein | political appointee |
| Delia L. Smith | United States Attorney |
| United States Senator from New York | member of the United States Senate |