Solicitor General of the United States

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United States executive branch position federal government legal office

The Solicitor General of the United States is the federal government’s top appellate lawyer, responsible for representing the United States before the Supreme Court and determining its legal positions in major cases.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Solicitor General of the United States canonical	13
United States Solicitor General	4
Solicitor General	2
U.S. Solicitor General	2
Deputy Solicitors General	1
The Solicitor General	1
acting Solicitor General of the United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2063356 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Solicitor General of the United States
Context triple: [Elena Kagan, previousPosition, Solicitor General of the United States]

A. The Solicitor General
The Solicitor General is a senior legal officer of the Crown in England and Wales who assists the Attorney General and represents the government in important legal matters and court cases.
B. United States Attorney General
The United States Attorney General is the head of the U.S. Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the federal government, overseeing the enforcement of federal laws and legal affairs.
C. Attorney General
The Attorney General is the chief legal officer and top law enforcement official of a government jurisdiction, responsible for representing the state or district in legal matters and overseeing the administration of justice.
D. United States Associate Attorney General
The United States Associate Attorney General is a senior Justice Department official who oversees the department’s civil litigating divisions and key policy areas, ranking just below the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General.
E. White House Counsel
The White House Counsel is the chief legal advisor to the President of the United States and the White House Office, providing guidance on constitutional, ethical, and legal issues affecting the presidency and the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Solicitor General of the United States
Target entity description: The Solicitor General of the United States is the federal government’s top appellate lawyer, responsible for representing the United States before the Supreme Court and determining its legal positions in major cases.

A. The Solicitor General
The Solicitor General is a senior legal officer of the Crown in England and Wales who assists the Attorney General and represents the government in important legal matters and court cases.
B. United States Attorney General
The United States Attorney General is the head of the U.S. Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the federal government, overseeing the enforcement of federal laws and legal affairs.
C. Attorney General
The Attorney General is the chief legal officer and top law enforcement official of a government jurisdiction, responsible for representing the state or district in legal matters and overseeing the administration of justice.
D. United States Associate Attorney General
The United States Associate Attorney General is a senior Justice Department official who oversees the department’s civil litigating divisions and key policy areas, ranking just below the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General.
E. White House Counsel
The White House Counsel is the chief legal advisor to the President of the United States and the White House Office, providing guidance on constitutional, ethical, and legal issues affecting the presidency and the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States executive branch position ⓘ federal government legal office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Solicitor General ⓘ linked to: Solicitor General of the United States U.S. Solicitor General ⓘ linked to: Solicitor General of the United States
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Act of Congress ⓘ
currentHolderAsOf2024	Elizabeth B. Prelogar ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate	October 28, 2021 ⓘ
firstHolder	Benjamin H. Bristow ⓘ
formationContext	creation of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
formationYear	1870 ⓘ
hasPower	to control the content of briefs filed by the United States in the Supreme Court ⓘ to decide whether the United States will seek Supreme Court review in most cases ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
legalAuthorityFrom	United States Code ⓘ
litigatesBefore	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn	Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building ⓘ
mayDelegateTo	Deputy Solicitor General ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Solicitor General ⓘ linked to: Solicitor General of the United States
oversees	Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
playsRoleIn	shaping United States Supreme Court docket ⓘ shaping federal legal policy ⓘ
rank	fourth-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
reportsTo	Attorney General of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States Attorney General
responsibleFor	approving appeals by the federal government in most federal appellate cases ⓘ conducting and supervising government litigation in the United States Supreme Court ⓘ deciding whether the United States will appeal adverse decisions in lower federal courts ⓘ determining the legal positions of the United States in major appellate cases ⓘ filing amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the United States in important cases ⓘ participating in oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ representing the United States before the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style	The Solicitor General ⓘ linked to: Solicitor General of the United States
subjectTo	advice and direction of the Attorney General ⓘ
supervises	Assistants to the Solicitor General ⓘ Deputy Solicitors General ⓘ linked to: Solicitor General of the United States
typeOf	chief appellate lawyer for the United States government ⓘ
typicalBackground	experienced appellate lawyer ⓘ expert in constitutional law ⓘ
worksWith	United States Attorneys ⓘ federal agencies’ general counsels ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elena Kagan → previousPosition → Solicitor General of the United States ⓘ

Erwin N. Griswold → positionHeld → Solicitor General of the United States ⓘ

Thurgood Marshall → positionHeld → Solicitor General of the United States ⓘ

subject linked to: Thoroughgood Marshall

Stanley Forman Reed → positionHeld → Solicitor General of the United States ⓘ

Robert Bork → positionHeld → United States Solicitor General ⓘ

subject linked to: Mary Ellen Pohl Bork