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 |
|---|---|
| William C. Foster | American government official |
|
Justice Arthur Goldberg
surface form:
Arthur Goldberg
|
United States ambassador |
|
PSP Partners
surface form:
Penny Pritzker
|
former United States Secretary of Commerce |
| Peter B. Chiafalo | American presidential elector |
| Elihu Root | United States Cabinet member |
| Andrew W. Marshall | — |
| Brajesh Mishra | national security advisor |
| Clare E. Connors | United States Attorney |
| Martin J. Hillenbrand | American diplomat |
| Colleen Bell | political appointee |
|
Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education
surface form:
Terrel H. Bell
|
United States Secretary of Education |
| Edwin C. Wilson | American diplomat |
| Arthur Flemming | American government official |
| Alina L. Romanowski | American diplomat |
| Mitchell Reiss | American diplomat |
| Kristie Canegallo | American government official |
| Oscar Straus | United States Cabinet member |
| David Simas | Obama administration official |
| Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education (ex officio, non-voting) | Massachusetts government position |
| Paula Dobriansky | American government official |
|
Alonzo Mosely in Midnight Run
surface form:
Alonzo Mosely
|
FBI agent |
| John C. Calhoun | United States vice president |
| Erwin N. Griswold | Solicitor General of the United States |
| William Vans Murray | American diplomat |
| William Gaud | — |
| Carl Schurz | German-American politician |
|
Usery
surface form:
William J. Usery Jr.
|
United States Secretary of Labor |
| Wilson Livingood | American public official |
| William H. Sullivan | American diplomat |
| Raymond L. Flynn | United States ambassador |
|
Shelby
surface form:
Shelby Moore Cullom
|
member of the United States Senate |
| Antony Blinken | — |
| Stephen Hadley | American government official |
| Jon Finer | American government official |
| Daleep Singh | American government official |
| Selden Chapin | United States Foreign Service officer |
| Laurie Blake | FBI agent |
| Ben Carson | United States Cabinet member |
| Alex Azar | United States Cabinet member |
| Lewis Deschler | — |
| Kirstjen Nielsen | United States Cabinet member |
| Chad Wolf | American government official |
| Henry E. Petersen | United States Department of Justice official |
| Paul Knabenshue | American diplomat |
| Dina Powell | former government official |
| James Harlan | United States Cabinet member |
|
Wheelock
surface form:
Keith Wheelock
|
American diplomat |
| Robert Komer | — |
| Yohannes Abraham | American government official |
| Leonore Cohn | Chief of Protocol of the United States |