The following is a list of fictional political figures that have appeared or been mentioned in the television program The West Wing.

The President's Cabinet

United States Cabinet

The Cabinet of the United States is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, which are generally the heads of the federal executive departments...

• President
  President of the United States
  The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
  
  
  • Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet (D)
    Josiah Bartlet
    Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character played by Martin Sheen on the television serial drama The West Wing. He is President of the United States for the entire series until the last episode, when his successor is inaugurated...
    
     — Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez , better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands and Apocalypse Now , and in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.He is considered one of the best actors never to be...
    
     (Seasons 1–7, not exercising office in Ep. 5.01)

• Vice President
  Vice President of the United States
  The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
  
  
  • John Hoynes
    John Hoynes
    John Hoynes is a fictional character played by Tim Matheson on the American television series The West Wing. Hoynes is Vice President of the United States during the first four seasons of the show....
    
     — Tim Matheson
    Tim Matheson
    Tim Matheson is an American actor, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House and has had a variety of other well-known roles, including providing the voice of the lead character...
    
     (Seasons 1–4 and appearances in Season 5 and 6): President Bartlet's rival for the 1998 Democratic presidential nomination, his running mate, and first Vice President. Resigned from office while under fire for leaking classified material to a woman he was having an affair with. Candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 2006 election.
  • Robert Russell
    Bob Russell (The West Wing)
    Robert 'Bingo Bob' Russell is a fictional character played by Gary Cole on the television serial drama The West Wing.After the resignation of Vice President John Hoynes due to a sex scandal in May 2003, the Bartlet Administration was forced to replace him with another Democrat...
    
     — Gary Cole
    Gary Cole
    Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole is known for his supporting roles in numerous film and television productions since the 1990s.-Early life:...
    
     (Seasons 5–7): President Bartlet's Vice President after the resignation of John Hoynes and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 2006 election.
• Secretary of State
  United States Secretary of State
  The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...
  
  
  • Lewis Berryhill — William Devane
    William Devane
    William Joseph Devane is an American film, television and theater actor.-Life and career:Devane was born in Albany, New York in 1937 or 1939 , the son of Joseph Devane, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's chauffeur when he was Governor of New York...
    
     (Seasons 4–7): Was nearly nominated by President Bartlet for the office of Vice President after John Hoynes' resignation.
• Secretary of the Treasury
  United States Secretary of the Treasury
  The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also with some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United...
  
  
  • Ken Kato — Conrad Bachmann (Ep. 1.21)
  • Karen Browning — Marcie Lynn Ross (Ep. 6.03)
• Secretary of Defense
  United States Secretary of Defense
  The Secretary of Defense is the head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense of the United States of America. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a Defense Minister in other countries...
  
  
  • Miles Hutchinson
    Miles Hutchinson
    Miles Hutchinson is a fictional character on the NBC television series The West Wing played by the late actor Steve Ryan. Hutchinson has served as the Secretary of Defense to President Josiah Bartlet throughout his two terms in office....
    
     — Steve Ryan
    Steve Ryan
    Steve Ryan was an American actor.He was best known for his recurring role on the Fox sitcom, Arrested Development, as J. Walter Weatherman. Some of his other roles included "Detective Nate Grossman" on the NBC Police series Crime Story and his role as "Bobick" on Daddio.Notable recurring roles...
    
     (Seasons 1–7)
• Attorney General
  United States Attorney General
  The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...
  
  
  • Dan Larson — Sherry Houston (Ep. 1.21)
  • Alan Fisk — Dylan Baker
    Dylan Baker
    Dylan Baker is an American actor, known for playing supporting roles in both major studio and independent films.-Early life:...
    
     (Ep. 5.9)
• Secretary of the Interior
  United States Secretary of the Interior
  The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries...
  
  
  • Bill Horton — Edmund L. Shaff (Ep. 3.03)
• Secretary of Agriculture
  United States Secretary of Agriculture
  The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current secretary is Tom Vilsack, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on 20 January 2009. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other...
  
  
  • Roger Tribbey — Harry Groener
    Harry Groener
    Harry Groener is a German-born American actor and dancer, perhaps best known for playing Mayor Wilkins in Buffy the Vampire Slayer .-Early life:...
    
     (Ep. 1.12; 4.23)
• Secretary of Commerce
  United States Secretary of Commerce
  The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce"...
  
  
  • Mitch Bryce — Alan Dale
    Alan Dale
    Alan Hugh Dale is a New Zealand actor. As a child, Dale developed a love of theatre and also became a rugby player. After retiring from the sport he took on a number of professions to support his family, before deciding to become a professional actor at the age of 27. With work limited in New...
    
     (Ep. 4.01; 4.02; 4.23)
• Secretary of Labor
  United States Secretary of Labor
  The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
  
  
  • Carl Reed (Ep. 3.04; 3.08)
  • Jack Buckland
• Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Blieden (Ep. 7.12)
• Secretary of Education (Ep. 2.08; 2.10; 4.06; 5.08)
  • Jim Kane (Ep. 7.20)
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  • Deborah O'Leary — CCH Pounder
    CCH Pounder
    Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder , known professionally as C. C. H. Pounder , is a Guyanese-American film and television actress...
    
     (Ep. 1.15)
  • Bill Fisher — Jim Jansen (Ep. 3.17)
  • Unnamed — ("Twenty Five")
• Secretary of Transportation
  • Jill Keaton, (Season 4)
• Secretary of Energy
  • Ben Zaharian (Ep. 2.10)
  • Bill Trotter (Ep. 2.17; 2.18)
  • Gerald Deloit — Terry Bozeman
    Terry Bozeman
    Terry Bozeman is an actor. He appears as Dr. Lee Craig on Desperate Housewives. He played Richard Armus on the thriller 24. He also plays Lawyers for NCIS, CSI, and CSI: Miami. He is a 1977 graduate of The Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, Il.- References :...
    
     (Ep. 6.04)
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  • Jason Weaver, (Season 4)

Other executive branch officials

United States Federal Executive Departments

The United States federal executive departments are among the oldest primary units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States—the Departments of State, War, and the Treasury all being established within a few weeks of each other in 1789.Federal executive...

• Theodore Barrow: Under Secretary of State; Ron Canada
  Ron Canada
  Ron Canada is an American actor. He began as a television newscaster during the 1970s in the Baltimore-Washington area mainly on WBAL-TV Channel 11 in Baltimore, until the early 1980s when he became an actor. He was a tour guide at NBC studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza...
  
  
• Jeff Breckenridge: Bartlet's original nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
• Martin Connelly: An Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division at the Justice Department, working on the lawsuit against the tobacco companies.
• Lesley Cryer: Bartlet's recess nominee for Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development.
• Bob Slatterley — Thomas Kopache
  Thomas Kopache
  Thomas Kopache is an American actor.Kopache was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Dorothy E. . He is known as Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slatterly in The West Wing and for various roles in the Star Trek franchise...
  
  : Assistant Secretary of State (Ep. 3.5; 3.15; 3.20; 3.21; 3.22; 4.3; 4.5; 4.8; 4.14; 4.17; 5.1; 5.13; 7.4; 7.5)
• Albie Duncan — Hal Holbrook
  Hal Holbrook
  Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. is an American actor. His television roles include Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series Lincoln, Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt. Lloyd Bucher on Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for...
  
  : Assistant Secretary of State (Ep. 3.7; 4.6)
• James Elkins: Bartlet's recess nominee for Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation
• Hal Garreth: Head of the Federal Aviation Administration
  Federal Aviation Administration
  The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
  
  
• Dr. Millicent Griffith — Mary Kay Place
  Mary Kay Place
  Mary Kay Place is an American actress, singer, director and screen writer. She is best known as portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 1977...
  
  : Surgeon General
  Surgeon General of the United States
  The Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government...
  
  
• Gerald Wegland: Assistant Secretary of Energy

Spokespersons

• Donald Morales: Spokesperson for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• Tad Whitney - Colm Feore
  Colm Feore
  Colm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...
  
  : State Department Spokesperson. He applied for White House deputy press secretary but C.J. chose Simon Glazer instead.
• Gary Saunders: Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of Energy.

Former Presidents of the United States

• President D. Wire Newman (D) — James Cromwell
  James Cromwell
  James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor. Some of his more notable roles are in Babe , for which he earned Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Star Trek: First Contact , L.A...
  
  : Last Democrat in the White House prior to President Bartlet's administration.
• President Owen Lassiter (R) — (dies in the 5th series)
• Acting President Glen Allen Walken
  Glen Allen Walken
  Glen Allen Walken is a fictional character on The West Wing played by John Goodman....
  
   (R) — John Goodman
  John Goodman
  John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising...
  
  : Former Speaker of the House of Representatives
  Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
  
  . Was Acting President of the United States
  Acting President of the United States
  Acting President of the United States is a reference to a person who is legitimately exercising the Presidential powers even though that person does not hold the office of the President of the United States in his own right....
  
   for almost two days after Zoey Bartlet
  Zoey Bartlet
  Zoey Patricia Bartlet is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Moss on the television serial drama The West Wing. Zoey is the youngest of President Josiah Bartlet and Abbey Bartlet's three daughters, and is more prominently featured in the series than either of her sisters.Zoey and...
  
   was kidnapped and President Bartlet invoked the 25th Amendment. As the office of the Vice President was vacant at the time, the Speaker was next in the presidential line of succession.

Leadership

• Speaker of the House
  • Jim Hohner (R-Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
    
    ), 1997-2001
  • Glen Allen Walken
    Glen Allen Walken
    Glen Allen Walken is a fictional character on The West Wing played by John Goodman....
    
     (R-Missouri
    Missouri
    Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
    
    )), 2001 - 2003
  • Jeff Haffley
    Jeff Haffley
    Jeffrey Haffley, played by Steven Culp, is a recurring fictional character on the American television show The West Wing. A staunch Republican, Jeff Haffley replaces Glen Allen Walken as Speaker of the House early in the fifth season...
    
     (R-Washington), 2003-2007
  • Mark B. Sellner (D), 2007-

Democrats

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

• Rep. "Arkansas" (D-Arkansas) — Nathan Burgess: Young, pro-life Democrat, conflicted over stem cell research. Resident of Pine Bluff, making him representative for the Arkansas's 4th congressional district
  Arkansas's 4th congressional district
  Arkansas's 4th congressional district is a congressional district located in the southern half of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Notable towns in the district include Camden, Hope, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana....
  
   (6.17)
• Rep. Will Bailey
  Will Bailey
  William "Will" Bailey, is a fictional character played by Joshua Malina on the television serial drama The West Wing, holding various posts in the White House Office of Communications, Office of the Vice President and a backbencher Congressman .-Character biography:Will grew up in Belgium, as his...
  
   (D-Oregon
  Oregon
  Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
  
  ) : After running against John Heffinger for the seat in 2008, Will is successful in capturing the seat. Serves as a backbencher of the House Committee on Ways and Means
• Rep. John Baxley (D) (Season 4)
• Rep. Benoit (D) (Ep 6.3): A gay Democrat, wanted to introduce a bill to ban all marriage by government officers to end the gay marriage debate.
• Rep. Bill (D) — John Bennett Perry
  John Bennett Perry
  John Bennett Perry is an American actor and former model. He is the father of actor Matthew Perry.-Life and career:Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the son of Maria Schaefer and Alton L. Perry. He married twice...
  
  
• Rep. Blinken (Ep. 7.18)
• Rep. Sue Borden (D-North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
  ) (Ep 6.1): Voted for the resolution calling on President Bartlet to act against the Palestinians after the Gaza attack. Josh says she's in a tough race with a "knucklehead" district attorney from Wake Forest.
• Rep. Earl Brennan (D-Connecticut
  Connecticut
  Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
  
  ): Josh Lyman used to work for him.
• Rep. Olivia Buckland (D-Indiana
  Indiana
  Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
  
  )- Wife of Governor Jack Buckland. her infant mortality bill was kept in committee by the White House.
• Rep. Raymond Burns (D) — Austin Tichenor (Ep. 1.12)
• Rep. Calhoun (D) — Joe O'Connor
  Joe O'Connor
  Joe O'Connor is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Ballybrown and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s.-References:...
  
   (Ep. 1.17; 3.10)
• Rep. Carney (Ep. 7.18)
• Rep. Bertram Coles (D-South Carolina
  South Carolina
  South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
  
  ): A conservative Democrat who threatened President Bartlet. His Congressional District is the 5th, which includes East Chester County, Lofton and Cromwell Air Force Base. His state is not clear, but it could suggest South Carolina, with a "Chester County" in the 5th (even though there's no Air Force Base at all; there's a city called "Bluffton", but in the 2nd district).(1.03)
• Rep. Harry Conroy (D-North Dakota
  North Dakota
  North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
  
  )
• Rep. Eileen Davis (D-New Jersey
  New Jersey
  New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
  
  ) Wants to run for Governor and President.
• Rep. Delany (D-Delaware
  Delaware
  Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
  
  ) (Ep. 4.8): Shown as the winner on Election Night TV broadcasts. Defeated Robertson (R) in 2002.
• Rep. Sheila Fields (D): Minority Leader, 1999-2007. She has presidential ambitions for 2006 and is one of many congressional Democrats who breaks with Bartlet during the Gaza Crisis
• Rep. Tim Fields (D-Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  ) Candidate for Speaker of the House after the 2006 Elections. Friend of President-elect Santos, represents a district that neighbours Santos' 18th District (most likely the 9th or 29th). Liberal
• Rep. Diane Frost (D): On the Haffley's list for suggested candidates for Vice President, far-left and lesbian. Considered a "serious name" by Will Bailey and Senator Triplehorn, but considered unelectable by Toby and Josh
• Rep. Carol Gelsey (D-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  ) (Season 7): Candidate to replace Leo McGarry
  Leo McGarry
  Leo Thomas McGarry is a fictional character played by John Spencer on the television serial drama The West Wing. The role earned Spencer the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. McGarry's character, the former United States Secretary of Labor, begins the series as the White...
  
   as Vice President, Josh says she's second choice after Eric Baker. Six-term congresswoman and longtime member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, has bipartisan support in her district. Ran for Governor in 1996 (and almost certainly lost to Robert Ritchie), but had 63% favorability in her state in 2006
• Rep. Goldman (D-Louisiana
  Louisiana
  Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
  
  ): Defeats Attie in Louisiana's 7th Congressional District in 2002.
• Rep. Hammond (D-Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  ) (7.01)
• Rep. Inboden (D-Mississippi) Reelected in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District in 2002 over Davis (R) by 12 points.
• Rep. Hootstein (D-Louisiana
  Louisiana
  Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
  
  ) (Ep.4.8): Shown as winner of the Louisiana 3rd race on Election Night TV broadcasts. Defeated Mybell (R) in 2002.
• Rep. Hark (D) (Ep. 1.16)
• Rep. Jennsen (D) (Ep. 1.16)
• Rep. Janet (D-California) (Ep. 4.04) Second name unknown, friendly with Sam Seaborn. The third-ranking female Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee
• Rep. Katzenmoyer (D-Wisconsin
  Wisconsin
  Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
  
  ) — Mark Blum
  Mark Blum
  Mark Blum is an American actor in movies, on television and stage.-Career:Blum started acting on stage in the 1970s. Beginning in the 1980s as an actor in movies like Lovesick, Desperately Seeking Susan and Crocodile Dundee, he later appeared in television series as guest, with the failed show...
  
   (Ep. 1.4): Won a close re-election campaign. His district includes Eau Claire
  Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 65,883 as of the 2010 census, making it the largest municipality in the northwestern portion of the state, and the 9th largest in the state overall. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County,...
  
  . This would make him the representative from the Wisconsin 3rd Congressional District
  Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
  Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district covering much of southwestern and western Wisconsin; it is the second-largest congressional district by area in Wisconsin...
  
  .
• Rep. John Kimball (D-Tennessee
  Tennessee
  Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
  
  ) — Cliff De Young
• Rep. Karen Kroft (D-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  ) — Lucinda Jenney
  Lucinda Jenney
  -Career:Jenney began her acting career in 1984 with Hearts and Diamonds. Several roles followed throughout the eighties, appearing in the 1986 comedy The Whoopee Boys, the award-winning Peggy Sue Got Married, with Kathleen Turner and Nicholas Cage. She appeared as 'Iris' in the Oscar-winning film...
  
  : Won her rural district by 82 votes in 2000, lost her 2002 reelection by 127 votes. After losing her seat in the 2002 election, she was up for Director of the National Parks service, until it was discovered that the position was Senate confirmable. (Ep. 4.09)
• Rep. LeBrandt (D) (Ep. 1.4)
• Rep. Jim Marino (D-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ) (Season 7): Longshot candidate for Speaker of the House whom President-elect Santos considers supporting. Wins reelection in 2006 over Republican Challenger Peck 61% to 36%. Represents the 17th District
  Ohio's 17th congressional district
  The 17th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Representative Timothy J. Ryan. This district sits in northeastern Ohio, bordering Pennsylvania along one edge, and includes the cities of Kent, Ravenna, Warren and Youngstown, as well as part of Akron.This district will become...
  
  
• Rep. Maxwell (D-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  ): Elected to the 2nd District in 2002.
• Rep. McKenna (D)
• Rep. Newhouse (D-Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
  )
• Rep. Neonakis (D-Alabama
  Alabama
  Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
  
  ): Defeats Miller in the 7th District by 37%.
• Rep. O'Bannon (D) (Ep. 1.4)
• Rep. Pratt (D) — Ronne Troup
  Ronne Troup
  Ronne Troup is an American actress best known for her 1970–72 role as "Polly Williams Douglas" on the long-running sitcom My Three Sons.-Biography:Ronne is the daughter of musician/actor Bobby Troup, and his first wife, Cynthia Hare...
  
   (Ep. 1.12)
• Rep. Becky Reeseman (D-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  ) — Amy Aquino
  Amy Aquino
  Amy Aquino is an American television, film, and stage actress.-Background and education:Aquino is the daughter of Adele and Salvatore Aquino...
  
   (Ep. 1.17): Attempted to add a child labor amendement to a tariff bill supported by the White House after the First Lady did a television interview condemning child labor worldwide. She was talked out of it when the First Lady promised the President's support if she ran for the US Senate from Michigan.
• Rep. Mark Richardson (D-New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
  ) — Thom Barry
  Thom Barry
  Thom Barry is an American actor, notable for playing Detective Will Jeffries in Cold Case since its first episode in 2003.Barry is from Cleveland, and in the early 1980s he was a DJ in Cincinnati...
  
   (Ep. 1.4; 3.4; 4.19): Leader of the Congressional Black Caucus
  Congressional Black Caucus
  The Congressional Black Caucus is an organization representing the black members of the United States Congress. Membership is exclusive to blacks, and its chair in the 112th Congress is Representative Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri.-Aims:...
  
  . Toby Ziegler's Congressman, represents part of Brooklyn
  Brooklyn
  Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
  
  .
• Rep. Robert Russell
  Bob Russell (The West Wing)
  Robert 'Bingo Bob' Russell is a fictional character played by Gary Cole on the television serial drama The West Wing.After the resignation of Vice President John Hoynes due to a sex scandal in May 2003, the Bartlet Administration was forced to replace him with another Democrat...
  
   (D-Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  ) — Gary Cole
  Gary Cole
  Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole is known for his supporting roles in numerous film and television productions since the 1990s.-Early life:...
  
   (Seasons 5–6): Appointed Vice-President (see The President's Cabinet, above) to succeed John Hoynes
  John Hoynes
  John Hoynes is a fictional character played by Tim Matheson on the American television series The West Wing. Hoynes is Vice President of the United States during the first four seasons of the show....
  
  .
• Rep. Reed (D-Tennessee
  Tennessee
  Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
  
  ): Reelected over Vasquez (R) by 24% in the 8th district.
• Rep. Richard Rollins (D-Tennessee
  Tennessee
  Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
  
  )
• Rep. Grant Samuels (D) (Ep. 2.3): Died of pneumonia.
• Rep. Mike Satchel (D-Oregon
  Oregon
  Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
  
  ) — Andrew Buckley
  Andrew Buckley
  Andy Buckley is an American actor, screenwriter and stock broker who is known for his role as David Wallace on the American television show The Office from 2006 to 2011.-Background:...
  
   (Ep. 1.19): Met with Sam and Toby over the issue of gays in the military.
• Rep. Matt Santos
  Matt Santos
  Matthew Vincente "Matt" Santos is a fictional character on the American television show The West Wing, played by Jimmy Smits. His initial appearance is as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Houston, Texas. According to West Wing writer and producer Eli Attie, Santos was based on the then...
  
   (D-Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  ) — Jimmy Smits
  Jimmy Smits
  Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matt Santos on The West Wing...
  
  : Democratic candidate for President in 2006 (Seasons 6–7). Succeeds Josiah Bartlet
  Josiah Bartlet
  Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character played by Martin Sheen on the television serial drama The West Wing. He is President of the United States for the entire series until the last episode, when his successor is inaugurated...
  
   as President of the United States. (Season 7)
• Rep. Schriebman (Ep. 7.18) A Blue Dog
• Rep. Len Segal (D) — Bill Birch
  Bill Birch
  Sir William Francis Birch, GNZM , usually known as Bill Birch, is a former New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Finance for several years in the fourth National government.-Early life:...
  
  
• Rep. Mark B. Sellner (D) — John Getz
  John Getz
  -Personal life:Getz, one of four children, was born in Davenport, Iowa, and grew up in the Mississippi River Valley. He began acting while attending the University of Iowa, where he helped found the Center for New Performing Arts...
  
  : Leading candidate for Speaker of the House following the 2006 elections. Elected Speaker of the House. More moderate than Santos, supports school vouchers and tort reform
  Tort reform
  Tort reform refers to proposed changes in common law civil justice systems that would reduce tort litigation or damages. Tort actions are civil common law claims first created in the English commonwealth system as a non-legislative means for compensating wrongs and harm done by one party to...
  
   and opposes lobbying reforms. He represents the Massachusetts 4th.
• Rep. Simmell (D) — George Wyner
  George Wyner
  George Wyner is an American film and television actor. He is probably best known for his role as ADA Bernstein on the series Hill Street Blues. Wyner graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 as a drama major, and was an in-demand character actor by the early 1970s. To date, Wyner has made guest...
  
  
• Rep. Sind (D-Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
  
  ) (Ep.4.8): Defeated Handelman (R) in 2002.
• Rep. Nate Singer (D): A prominent Blue Dog Democrat
• Rep. Neil Spencer (D-Hawaii
  Hawaii
  Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
  
  ): Helped with an agriculture bill. Represents Honolulu.
• Rep. John Tandy (D-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  ) — Brian Baker
  Brian Baker (actor)
  Brian Edward Baker is an American actor best known for his recurring role as a trenchcoated spokesman in Sprint's television commercials.-Early career:...
  
  . Represents the Florida 20th
  Florida's 20th congressional district
  Florida's 20th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. Based in South Florida, the district takes in parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The district is based in Fort Lauderdale and includes many of its suburbs including Davie...
  
  . Pro-choice and liberal, but facing a primary challenge from Nan Lieberman. Briefly dated Amy Gardner
  Amy Gardner
  Amelia "Amy" Gardner is a fictional character on the American television series The West Wing, portrayed by Mary-Louise Parker. Politically skilled and a strong advocate on feminist causes, the character holds various jobs throughout the timeline depicted on The West Wing, both in public-advocacy...
  
  
• Rep. Thiele (D-Rhode Island
  Rhode Island
  The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
  
  ) — Christopher Cousins: Refuses to vote for the nomination of Bob Russell
  Bob Russell (The West Wing)
  Robert 'Bingo Bob' Russell is a fictional character played by Gary Cole on the television serial drama The West Wing.After the resignation of Vice President John Hoynes due to a sex scandal in May 2003, the Bartlet Administration was forced to replace him with another Democrat...
  
   as Vice President, becoming the only member of Congress to do so. A former intern for Roland Pierce, he shows up Josh in front of Ryan when Josh tries to talk him into voting for Russell. Is finally coerced by Ryan.
• Rep. Cal Tillinghouse (D-Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  ) — Michael McGuire (Ep. 1.4): A moderate Democrat and strong proponent of gun rights.
• Rep. Howard Van Gelt (D-North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
  ): House Minority Whip. Defeated in 2002 by Brett Logan by 3%. Melanie Sanders (I) received 1%.
• Rep. Velasquez (D-Rhode Island
  Rhode Island
  The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
  
  ): Elected in 2006, Rhode Island's first Hispanic congressman
• Rep. Bud Wachtell (D) James Eckhouse
  James Eckhouse
  James Hays Eckhouse is an American actor known for playing Jim Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995. He also directed three episodes of the show...
  
  : A moderate Democrat
• Rep. Harry Wade (D) — Fred Ornstein
• Rep. Wallingford (D-Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  ) (7.01)
• Rep. Wexler (D-Connecticut
  Connecticut
  Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
  
  ): Retired in 2006. The DCCC suggested Josh Lyman run for his seat.
• Rep. Christopher Wick (D) — Jay Underwood
  Jay Underwood
  Jay Underwood is an American actor.In 1983, he attended Moreau Catholic High School for one year in Hayward, California. He is married to Julie Underwood and has three children. His most recognized work includes portraying Ernest Hemingway in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, "Bug" in Uncle...
  
   (Ep. 1.4): Friend of Josh Lyman's from college.
• Rep. Janice Willis (D-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ) — (Ep. 1.6): Deceased representative whom was replaced by her husband, Joe Willis.
• Rep. Joe Willis (D-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ) — Al Fann (Ep. 1.6): Temporarily replacing his wife, who died in office. Prior to this, he is an eighth-grade social studies teacher.
• Rep. Woodside (D-Alaska
  Alaska
  Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
  
  ): Reelected with 63% of the vote in 2006. Defeats Gately (R).
• Rep. Andrea 'Andie' Wyatt (D-Maryland
  Maryland
  Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
  
  ) — Kathleen York
  Kathleen York
  Kathleen "Bird" York is an actress, screenwriter and Oscar nominated songwriter-recording artist.As a screenwriter, York has written projects for John Wells Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and has just completed a one hour pilot for Fox Television Studios...
  
   (Seasons 1–7): Ex-wife of Toby Ziegler
  Toby Ziegler
  Tobias Zachary 'Toby' Ziegler is played by Richard Schiff on the television serial drama The West Wing. For most of the series' duration he is White House Communications Director.-Creation and development:...
  
   and mother of their twins, Huck and Molly. Senior Member of the House Foreign Relations Committee. Survived bombing in "Gaza."
• Rep. Zelowsky (D-Maine
  Maine
  Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
  
  ): Elected in 2006 in Maine's 2nd District.

Republicans

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

• Rep. Arlauskas (R)
• Rep. Jim Arkin (R-Idaho
  Idaho
  Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
  
  ) House Majority Whip, 2003-2007
• Rep. Bentley (R)
• Rep. Broderick (R-Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  )
• Rep. Joseph Bruno (R-Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ) — James Handy
  James Handy
  James Handy is an American film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films and television serials between 1977 and 2011. He is best known for his appearance as Arthur Devlin in Alias and Lou Handleman in Profiler.-Selected filmography:...
  
   (Ep. 1.13; 3.10): Apparently a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and chairman of the committee investigating President Bartlet's concealment of his multiple sclerosis. Is called by Leo McGarry
  Leo McGarry
  Leo Thomas McGarry is a fictional character played by John Spencer on the television serial drama The West Wing. The role earned Spencer the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. McGarry's character, the former United States Secretary of Labor, begins the series as the White...
  
   "a reasonable guy" and appears to be a moderate Republican.
• Rep. Buchanan (R-Virginia
  Virginia
  The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
  
  ) (Season 3)
• Rep. Cahn (R-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ): Defeats Jones in Ohio's 6th Congressional District in 2002.
• Rep. Cameron (R) (Ep. 1.16)
• Rep. Ken Campbell (R-New Hampshire
  New Hampshire
  New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
  
  ): Mentioned in "Abu Al Banat" as a congressman in New Hampshire's 1st District who is retiring due to medical issues; Doug Westin runs for his seat.
• Rep. John Connally III (R-Texas): House Majority Leader, 2003-2007, House Minority Whip, 2007-, together with Haffley and Mitchell, they form the "unholy trinity" Josh Lyman
  Josh Lyman
  Joshua "Josh" Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he was White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Josiah Bartlet administration...
  
   refers to in Season 5.
• Rep. Tawny Cryer (R): A critic of the NEA, clashes with Toby over funding for the program. Eventually compromises to keep NEA funding in return for the sacking of controversial NEA head, Oakenwood. (Ep 2.6)
• Rep. Dade (R) (Season 2)
• Rep. Paul Dearborn (R-Utah
  Utah
  Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
  
  ) — Steven Gilborn
  Steven Gilborn
  Steven Neil Gilborn was an American television and film actor.Gilborn was born in New Rochelle, New York. He attended Swarthmore College, where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in English and earned a Ph.D...
  
  
• Rep. Daniel DeSantos: Killed in roadside bombing of U.S. CODEL in Gaza(Ep. 5.21)
• Rep. Pete Didion (R-Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  ) Representative of the Texas 23rd district, sits on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, described by Bartlet as a "good guy" (Ep. 2.10)
• Rep. Dryer (R-Georgia
  Georgia (U.S. state)
  Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
  
  ) Represents the Georgia 4th District which includes DeKalb County
  DeKalb County, Georgia
  DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
  
  , defeated Dekalb D.A. Mark Farragut (D).
• Rep. Duke (R-New Hampshire
  New Hampshire
  New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
  
  )
• Rep. Eaton (R)
• Rep. Eeling (R-North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
  ): Represents the 5th congressional district of North Carolina. Defeated Rusnak (D) by 32%.
• Rep. Erikson (R-Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ) — Mark Hutter
• Rep. Christopher Finn — Frank Ashmore
  Frank Ashmore
  Frank Ashmore is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as "Martin" in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and its 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle. He reprised his role in the pilot episode of V: The Series but was killed off by the end of the episode...
  
  : Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Armed Services.
• Rep. Darren Gibson (R-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  ) — David St. James Sat on committee investigating Josiah Bartlet
  Josiah Bartlet
  Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character played by Martin Sheen on the television serial drama The West Wing. He is President of the United States for the entire series until the last episode, when his successor is inaugurated...
  
  's concealed health problems and was prevented from revealing the alcoholic problems of Leo McGarry
  Leo McGarry
  Leo Thomas McGarry is a fictional character played by John Spencer on the television serial drama The West Wing. The role earned Spencer the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. McGarry's character, the former United States Secretary of Labor, begins the series as the White...
  
  .
• Rep. Gladman (R) — Kenneth Tigar (Ep. 1.6)
• Rep. Fay Green (R-Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
  ) (Season 7): The DCCC thinks she will step down in 2008
• Rep. Jeff Haffley
  Jeff Haffley
  Jeffrey Haffley, played by Steven Culp, is a recurring fictional character on the American television show The West Wing. A staunch Republican, Jeff Haffley replaces Glen Allen Walken as Speaker of the House early in the fifth season...
  
   (R-Washington) — Steven Culp
  Steven Culp
  Steven Bradford Culp is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles as Rex Van de Kamp in the television series Desperate Housewives and CIA Agent Clayton Webb in JAG.-Early life:...
  
  : House Majority Whip, 1997-2003, Speaker of the House, 2003-2007
• Rep John Heffinger (R-Oregon
  Oregon
  Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
  
  ) (Season 7): Conservative congressman Will Bailey tries to find someone to defeat him in 2008. Tony Sharkey, Ina Horton, Paul Kravitz, and Gil Silverly are potential opponents. However, it would appear that Bailey himself runs and defeats Heffinger.
• Rep. Jim Hohner (R-Illinois): served as Speaker of the House, 1997-2001.
• Rep. Thomas Korb (R-North Dakota
  North Dakota
  North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
  
  ) Served 13 years in the House of Representatives. Killed in roadside bombing of U.S. CODEL in Gaza (Ep. 5.21)
• Rep. Tom Landis (R-Maryland
  Maryland
  Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
  
  ) — Matt McCoy
  Matt McCoy (actor)
  Matt McCoy is an American actor.McCoy was born in Ohio. Since starring as Sgt. Nick Lassard in two Police Academy films, his motion picture credits have included the Curtis Hanson films The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and L.A. Confidential , as well as the action comedy National Security ...
  
  : Liberal Republican who worked with Josh on an $18 million dollar cleanup for Chesapeake Bay
  Chesapeake Bay
  The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West...
  
   that was ultimately defeated because both right-leaning Republicans and left-leaning Democrats see Landis's seat as vulnerable
• Rep. Barbara Layton (R-North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
  ) — Cherry Jones
  Cherry Jones
  Cherry Jones is an American actress and recipient of the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series and the 2005 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.-Career:...
  
  : Made a floor speech naming Ellie Bartlet's supervisor, Dr. Louis Foy, as one of the researchers getting funding for research that conservatives consider objectionable.
• Rep. Peter Lillienfield (R) — Holmes Osborne
  Holmes Osborne
  Holmes Osborne is an American actor, best known for starring in Richard Kelly's films - Donnie Darko , Southland Tales and The Box . He's also played the father of Guy Patterson in the movie That Thing You Do!, and starred in the movie Bring it On. He has made appearances in TV shows such as...
  
   (Ep. 1.9): Outed Leo as a recovering Valium addict for political gain and to embarrass the White House.
• Rep. Robert G. Mitchell (R-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ): along with Connelly and Haffley, form what Josh Lyman
  Josh Lyman
  Joshua "Josh" Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he was White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Josiah Bartlet administration...
  
   refers to as the unholy trinity. Thought be a candidate to replace Walken as Speaker of the House
• Rep. Owens (R-Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  ): Reelected in the 7th District by 17% over Nawrot (D).
• Rep. Rathburn (R-Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  ) — Tom Waring
• Rep. Riddle (R-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  ): Defeats Foister (D) in 2002.
• Rep. Pete Ross (R-California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  ): Opposed to Campaign Finance reform. Sought the Republican nomination for President in 2002.
• Rep. Palmer (R-Maryland
  Maryland
  Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
  
  ): defeats Oates (D) in 2002.
• Rep. Satch (R)
• Rep. Henry Shallick (R-Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  ) — Corbin Bernsen
  Corbin Bernsen
  Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and director, known for his work on television. He is best known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, and as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych...
  
  : Deputy House Majority Whip
• Rep. Strickman (R) (6.06) Authored a flawed "Patient's Bill of Rights"
• Rep. Matt Skinner (R) — Charley Lang (Ep. 1.6, 1.8, 2.7): Gay liberal Republican.
• Rep. Somerfold (R-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  ): Won reelection with 64%.
• Rep. Tomlinson (R-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  )
• Rep. Ted (R-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  )
• Rep. Glen Allen Walken
  Glen Allen Walken
  Glen Allen Walken is a fictional character on The West Wing played by John Goodman....
  
   (R-Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  ) — John Goodman
  John Goodman
  John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising...
  
  : House Majority Whip, 1995-1997; House Majority Leader, 1997-2001; Speaker of the House, 2001 - 2003. Became Acting President of the United States
  Acting President of the United States
  Acting President of the United States is a reference to a person who is legitimately exercising the Presidential powers even though that person does not hold the office of the President of the United States in his own right....
  
   when President Josiah President Bartlet temporarily relinquished power. Later a contender for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2006 election, though he never appeared on screen in that capacity.
• Rep. Chuck Webb (R-California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  ) (Seasons 4–5): Conservative Republican who lost to the recently deceased Horton Wilde and then faced Sam Seaborn
  Sam Seaborn
  Samuel Norman "Sam" Seaborn is a fictional character portrayed by Rob Lowe on the television serial drama The West Wing. He is best known for being Deputy White House Communications Director in the Josiah Bartlet administration throughout the first four seasons of the series.-Creation and...
  
   in a special election. Webb once challenged another Representative to a fist-fight on the floor of the House of Representatives
  United States House of Representatives
  The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
  
   during a debate about gun control.
• Rep. Sam Wendt (R-South Carolina
  South Carolina
  South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
  
  ): Conservative Republican who single-handedly blocked the White House's attempt to expand child care to working families. Josh calls him the Darth Vader of childcare, and referred to his latest attempts as the Moving America Back to the Mamie Eisenhower Era Amendment.
• Rep. Whitley (R-New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
  )- (Ep. 4.8): Defeated Reeler (D) in 2002.
• Rep. Wilder (R-South Carolina
  South Carolina
  South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
  
  ) (Ep. 1.6)
• Rep. Wooden (R) (Ep. 1.15)

Other Representatives

• Rep. Botrell
• Rep. Roger Callahan
• Rep. Thomas Evers
• Rep. Pauline Gardner
• Rep. Peter Lien (Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  ): Represents the Galveston-based Texas 22nd district. His predecessor was Jim Cor. He's 34 years old, and came to the US in 1974. His family fishes in the Galveston bay. Meets with President Bartlet in the Oval Office. Bartlet alludes that he emigrated from communist China as a young child. (Ep. 4.1). Democrats are ignoring the heavily Republican 22nd and running an electrical engineer as their candidate (4.4)
• Rep. Rick Pintero — Juan Garcia
  Juan Garcia
  Juan Garcia* Juan Tyrone Garcia, Famous Mexican Marial Artist and actor* Juan M. Garcia, U.S. politician, Texas State Representative* Juan Garcia Abrego drug lord, Gulf Cartel* Juan García Esquivel , Mexican band leader...
  
   (Season 3): Suggested the Marriage Incentives compromise.
• Rep. Quigley: Washington's 1st District
• Rep. Carolyn Reed
• Rep. Gail Trent
• Rep. Donald Richter (Ep. 5.9)
• Rep. Widen (Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ) (Ep. 1.6)
• Rep. Tewes (Ep. 5.4) - heard confirming Russell for VP in the House Vote
• Rep. Thayer (Ep. 5.4) - heard confirming Russell for VP in the House Vote
• Rep. Thibodeaux (Ep. 5.4) - heard confirming Russell for VP in the House Vote
• Rep. Valence (Ep. 5.4) - heard confirming Russell for VP in the House Vote
• Rep. Horton (Ep. 5.4) - heard confirming Russell for VP in the House Vote

Leadership

• President pro tempore of the Senate
  • Joseph Furman, 1999-

Democrats

• Senator August Adair — Robert Arce (Ep. 5.3)
• Senator Aiello (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator Avery (D-California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  )
• Senator Bennett (D-North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
  ) (Ep. 4.5): Does spin for Robert Ritchie during the 2002 Presidential debates.
• Senator Sarah Brainerd: Kate Burton
  Kate Burton (actress)
  -Personal life:Burton was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the daughter of producer Sybil Burton and actor Richard Burton . She was thus the stepdaughter of actress Elizabeth Taylor and of Sybil's second husband Jordan Christopher. In 1979, Burton earned a bachelor's degree in Russian studies and...
  
  
• Senator Calvin Bowles (D-Kentucky
  Kentucky
  The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
  
  ): An aging moderate Democrat who wants a mobile bio lab to be put in his state, which instead went to Texas.
• Senator Cambridge (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator Dave Canton (5.14): Serves on Senate Armed Services Committee
• Senator Crandell (D-Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  )
• Senator Dane (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator Darius
• Senator Degie (D-Utah
  Utah
  Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
  
  ) crossed off the list of potential Vice President nominees
• Senator Englemann (D-New Hampshire
  New Hampshire
  New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
  
  ) (Ep. 4.8): Shown as the winner on Election Night television broadcasts. Defeated Waterson (R) in 2002.
• Senator Jack Enlow (D-Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
  ) — Robin Thomas
  Robin Thomas
  Robin Thomas is an American film and television actor.He was born Robin Thomas Grossman in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His best-known television roles are as Mark Singleton in the soap opera Another World , and as Geoffrey Wells on the 1980s series Who's the Boss?...
  
  : Ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee.
• Senator Franco (D-Indiana
  Indiana
  Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
  
  )
• Senator Fuller (D-Maine
  Maine
  Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
  
  ): Defeated in 2006
• Senator Gianelli (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator Seth Gillette
  Seth Gillette
  Seth Gillette is a fictional Democratic U.S. senator from North Dakota, played by Ed Begley, Jr. He was a recurring character on the American television show The West Wing during its second season....
  
   (D-North Dakota
  North Dakota
  North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
  
  ) — Ed Begley, Jr.
  Ed Begley, Jr.
  Edward James "Ed" Begley, Jr. is an American actor and environmentalist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, on the television series St...
  
  : Threatened to run against President Bartlet as a third-party candidate on a more left-wing platform in the 2002 election. (Ep 2.14)
• Senator Grace
• Senator Greys
• Senator Tom Grissom (D-Washington): A grandfather who agreed to assist with the Stackhouse filibuster
• Senator Grace Hardin (D-Georgia
  Georgia (U.S. state)
  Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
  
  ): Freshman Democratic Senator in 2003.
• Senator Huntington (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator Michael Jackson — Larry Brandenburg (Ep 4.04)
• Senator Kelly (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator Kim (D-Arkansas
  Arkansas
  Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
  
  ) (Ep 4.23)
• Senator Rinier (D-Connecticut
  Connecticut
  Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
  
  ) (Ep 4.23)
• Senator LaGava (D-Maine
  Maine
  Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
  
  ) (Ep 4.23)
• Senator Lubin (D-Maryland
  Maryland
  Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
  
  ) (Ep 4.23)
• Senator Ryan Lyndell (D-Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
  
  ): Possible nominee for Vice President after the resignation of John Hoynes, but was not considered confirmable. (Ep 4.23)
• Senator Marienhoff (Ep 7.06) Had Louise Thornton
  Louise Thornton
  Louise "Lou" Thornton is a character in the NBC television series The West Wing portrayed by Janeane Garofalo. The character's first appearance is in Season 7 of the series.-Character biography:...
  
   as campaign manager, defeated Barrett despite his own questionable business dealings
• Senator Martinson (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator McKenna (D-Delaware
  Delaware
  Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
  
  ) Mentioned in Season Four by Donna as a potential vote for foreign aid. Josh says his health is the reason he was crossed off as a potential replacement for John Hoynes. (Ep 4.23)
• Senator McKenna (D-Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ) Defeated in 2006
• Senator Tony Marino (D-Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ) — Mike Starr
  Mike Starr (actor)
  Michael "Mike" Starr is an American actor. Starr is notable for his large size, standing 6 ft 3 1/2 in , and has typically been typecast as thugs or henchmen....
  
  : Lost his seat in the midterm elections in 2000.
• Senator George Montgomery (D-Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
  )
• Senator Oliom (D-Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  ): defeated Danquist (R) in 2002.
• Senator Roland Pierce (D-Rhode Island
  Rhode Island
  The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
  
  ) — Mitchell Ryan
  Mitchell Ryan
  Mitchell Ryan is an American actor most recently known for playing Edward Montgomery on the sitcom Dharma & Greg. He also worked with his on-screen wife from Dharma & Greg, Susan Sullivan, in the short-lived series Julie Farr, M.D..Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Louisville,...
  
  : Uncle of Ryan Pierce, who was Josh's intern in Season 5. Gets both CJ and Josh drunk in the Mural Room during a discussion over filling a Supreme Court seat. Powerful, and was the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee (Ep 5.17)
• Senator Ramsey
• Senator Rathburn (Ep. 1.16)
• Senator Andy Ritter (D-New Mexico
  New Mexico
  New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
  
  ) — John Rubinstein
  John Rubinstein
  John Arthur Rubinstein is an American film, Broadway, and television actor, a composer of film and theatre music, and a director in theatre and television.-Early life:...
  
   (Seasons 1–2)
• Senator Ricky Rafferty — Mel Harris
  Mel Harris
  Mel Harris is an American actress.-Personal life:Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the daughter to Mary Michael "Mike", a high school science teacher, and Warren Harris, a university football coach...
  
   (Season 6): briefly a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2006 election. (Ep 6.16)
• Senator Roanoke
• Senator Rossiter — Robert Walden
  Robert Walden
  Robert Walden is an American television and motion picture actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Rossi on Lou Grant for which he was nominated for an Emmy three times and his role as Joe Waters on Brothers...
  
  : Has an ideological opposition to lawsuit against tobacco companies. Former US Attorney. On Judiciary Committee.
• Senator Lloyd Russell — John Bedford Lloyd (Ep. 1.2): A Moderate Democrat. Potential challenger to President Bartlet in the primaries in 2002. Abandons campaign before he got started. Briefly hired and dated Mandy Hampton
  Mandy Hampton
  Dr. Madeline 'Mandy' Hampton is a fictional character played by Moira Kelly on the American serial drama television series The West Wing. She was White House media consultant during the first season of the show, and the former girlfriend of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman, with whom...
  
  .
• Senator Sacho (D-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  )
• Senator Howard Stackhouse
  Howard Stackhouse
  Howard Stackhouse is a fictional character in the TV series The West Wing portrayed by George Coe.Stackhouse is a senior Democratic Senator from Minnesota known for his staunch liberal positions...
  
   (D-Minnesota
  Minnesota
  Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
  
  ) — George Coe
  George Coe
  George Coe is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for having been a cast member on the first three episodes of Saturday Night Live, as well as for his work on various television shows.-Career:...
  
  : 78 years old in 2001. Has an autistic grandson, and staged a filibuster
  Filibuster
  A filibuster is a type of parliamentary procedure. Specifically, it is the right of an individual to extend debate, allowing a lone member to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal...
  
   to secure money for autism
  Autism
  Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
  
   research. Ran a liberal third-party candidacy for the Presidency in 2002 but later endorsed President Bartlet. (Ep 2-17, 4.04, 4-06)
• Senator Starkey — H. M. Wynant: On the Speaker's list for suggested candidates for Vice President.
• Senator Wendell Triplehorn — Geoff Pierson
  Geoff Pierson
  Geoff Pierson is an American actor known for his role on The WB series Unhappily Ever After as Jack Malloy, the father of a dysfunctional family whose best friend is a stuffed animal rabbit named Mr. Floppy...
  
  : Senate Minority Leader. Liberal-leaning, mistrusts John Hoynes
  John Hoynes
  John Hoynes is a fictional character played by Tim Matheson on the American television series The West Wing. Hoynes is Vice President of the United States during the first four seasons of the show....
  
  ' moderate politics and intends to challenge Hoynes for the nomination in 2006 (Ep 4.09, 5.01, 5.03)
• Senator Turner
• Senator Villegas (D-Louisiana
  Louisiana
  Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
  
  ) (Ep 4.23)
• Senator Warren — Richard McGonagle
  Richard McGonagle
  Richard Francis McGonagle is an American actor and voice actor.McGonagle was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Hildagard Virginia and William Francis McGonagle....
  
  : Has an ideological opposition to lawsuit against tobacco companies. Former US Attorney.
• Senator White (D-Hawaii
  Hawaii
  Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
  
  ) — Helen Duffy, candidate for the 1994 nomination (Season 4)
• Senator Sam Whiteside (D-Maryland
  Maryland
  Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
  
  )
• Senator William Wiley (D-Washington): Ran for the Democratic nomination in 1998, initially placing second behind John Hoynes (D-TX), until he was overtaken and forced out of the race by Bartlet's (D-NH) campaign
• Senator Stephen Wilson (D-Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
  
  )

Republicans

• Unnamed Majority Leader - Bruce Weitz
  Bruce Weitz
  Bruce Peter Weitz is an American actor. He is perhaps best-known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1984.-Early life:Weitz was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son...
  
   - (Ep. 1.19, 1.20) Vehemently opposed to campaign finance reform, he threatens to unleash an agenda of conservative legislation - including school prayer
  School prayer
  School prayer in its common usage refers to state-approved prayer by students in state schools. Depending on the country and the type of school, organized prayer may be required, permitted, or prohibited...
  
   and English as America's national language - if President Bartlet names Bacon and Calhoun to the Federal Election Commission. Josh responds to an angry phone call by telling him to "take his legislative agenda and shove it up your ass".
• Senator Joe Gillis (R-New Hampshire
  New Hampshire
  New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
  
  )
• Senator Clancy Banghart- attached an amendment to a foreign aid bill that prevents money from going to places where abortion is talked about.
• Senator Bill Armstrong Jr. (R-Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  )
• Senator Andrews (R-Tennessee
  Tennessee
  Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
  
  )
• Senator Alan Broderick (R-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  ) Appeared on TV, labelled as a "GOP Leader", when unveiling an $800 billion tax cut plan (Ep. 4.16)
• Senator Cantina
• Senator Ford (R-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ) (Season 2)
• Senator Rafe Framhagen (R-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  ) — Brian Dennehy
  Brian Dennehy
  Brian Mannion Dennehy is an American actor of film, stage and screen.-Early years:Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Hannah and Edward Dennehy, who was a wire service editor for the Associated Press; he has two brothers, Michael and Edward. Dennehy is of Irish ancestry and was...
  
  
• Senator Joseph Furman: President pro tempore of the United States Senate
  President pro tempore of the United States Senate
  The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
  
  . Ninety years old in 2003.
• Senator Steve Gaines (R-Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
  ) (Ep. 5.12) Works with Toby on Social Security Reform
• Senator Hammond (R-Tennessee
  Tennessee
  Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
  
  ) (Season 2)
• Senator Jimmy Hobuck (R-Alabama
  Alabama
  Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
  
  ) Agrees to vote for foreign aid in turn for $115,000 to pay people to pray for strangers.
• Senator Matt Hunt (R-Arizona
  Arizona
  Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
  
  ): — Philip Baker Hall
  Philip Baker Hall
  -Early life:Hall was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of a factory worker father who was from Montgomery, Alabama. He attended the University of Toledo. As a younger man, Hall served in the military, started a family, and became a high school English teacher. In 1961, he decided to become an actor...
  
    Chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee. In 2004, he leads an investigation into questionable defense contracts, which concludes in one corrupt deal that involves the pilot who saved Leo McGarry's life during the Vietnam War (Ep. 5.14). Later that year, he potentially jeopardizes relations with China by defending Taiwan in a speech on the Senate floor (Ep. 6.7).
• Senator Dan Kalmbach (R-Maryland
  Maryland
  Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
  
  ) (Season 2): A prominent member of the tobacco lobby in Washington. During the 2002 elections, he is considered to be a major candidate, but ultimately loses in the primaries to Ritchie.
• Senator Max Lobell — David Huddleston
  David Huddleston
  David William Huddleston is an American actor, best known for his roles in Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Movie and The Big Lebowski.-Early life:...
  
   (Ep. 1.21; 3.21): Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. In his own words, a "gun-toting
  Gun politics in the United States
  Gun politics in the United States refers to an ongoing political and social debate regarding both the restriction and availability of firearms within the United States. It has long been among the most controversial and intractable issues in American politics...
  
  , redneck son-of-a-bitch". A conservative Republican, he favours aggressive campaign finance reform.
• Senator Malken (R-Virginia
  Virginia
  The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
  
  )
• Senator Miner (Season 2)
• Senator Morgan Mitchell (R-Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ): Defeated Tony Marino in the 2000 mid term elections.
• Senator Herman Morton (R-Wyoming
  Wyoming
  Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
  
  )
• Senator Moseley (R-Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  ): Senate Majority Leader in early 2003, opposed to a foreign aid bill in response to a poll that came out that showed a majority of Americans wanted foreign aid cut. Later replaced by Royce some time before May-July 2003
• Senator Niering
• Senator Rob O'Rourke (R-Indiana
  Indiana
  Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
  
  )
• Senator Ramsey (R-Minnesota
  Minnesota
  Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
  
  ): Reelected in 2006. Won 52% compared to the Democratic Candidate Douglass' 40%.
• Senator Robert Royce (R-Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ) — H. Richard Greene: Senate Majority Leader  (Season 5-7) Replaced Moseley in 2003. Was previously a moderate Pennsylvania Congressman who helped sustain veto on the abolition of the inheritance tax. He put himself forward as a VP choice for Vinick in 2006 and considers a Presidential run for 2010, but "doesn't have a chance
• Senator Jim Simon (R-South Dakota
  South Dakota
  South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
  
  )
• Senator Stacy (R-Tennessee
  Tennessee
  Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
  
  ) (Season 2)
• Senator Swain (R-Rhode Island
  Rhode Island
  The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
  
  ): Season 7, President-elect Matt Santos considered him for Secretary of Defense
• Senator Randall Thomas (R-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  ) — Tom McCarthy
  Tom McCarthy
  Tom McCarthy can refer to :*Tom McCarthy , ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy , ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy Tom McCarthy can refer to :*Tom McCarthy (ice hockey), ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy (ice hockey b. 1960), ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy Tom...
  
  
• Senator Arnold Vinick
  Arnold Vinick
  Arnold Vinick is a fictional character on the television series The West Wing played by Alan Alda.-Biography:A Republican senator from California and Republican presidential nominee, he is narrowly defeated by Democrat Matt Santos in the 2006 presidential election, with Vinick winning the popular...
  
   (R-California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  ) — Alan Alda
  Alan Alda
  Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo , better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H...
  
  : Republican candidate for President in 2006 (Seasons 6–7). Nominee for Secretary of State in Santos Administration (Season 7). Senator from 1983 to 2007, was California's Senior US Senator in 2006. Chairman of a powerful Senate Committee (either Judiciary or Finance), and also served on the Foreign Relations and Environment Committees
• Senator Webster (R-Virginia
  Virginia
  The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
  
  )
• Senator Sam Wilkinson (R-Kansas) — Paul Collins
  Paul Collins
  -Athletes:* Paul Collins , American football player* Paul Collins , Canadian long-distance runner* Paul Collins , Australian rugby union international...
  
  : Added Sanctity of Marriage Act (similar to Defense of Marriage Act
  Defense of Marriage Act
  The Defense of Marriage Act is a United States federal law whereby the federal government defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman. Under the law, no U.S. state may be required to recognize as a marriage a same-sex relationship considered a marriage in another state...
  
  ) to the 2006 budget, previously served on the Judiciary Committee with Hoynes (Ep 6.10)
• Senator Howard Weston (R-Nevada): A member of the Foreign Relations Committee who is expected to move over to Judiciary because he is hoping to be appointed attorney general under the next Republican president.

Other Senators

• Senator Breech
• Senator Chris Carrick (D-Idaho
  Idaho
  Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
  
  ) — Tom Skerritt
  Tom Skerritt
  Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962.-Early life:...
  
  : Switched parties and became a Republican after a run-in with Josh Lyman
  Josh Lyman
  Joshua "Josh" Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he was White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Josiah Bartlet administration...
  
   in 2003.
• Senator Choate — Mary-Pat Green
  Mary-Pat Green
  Mary-Pat Green is an American film, television, and theatre actress.She is best known for playing Odessa on the television series Any Day Now. In addition, she has appeared as a guest star on many television series, including Saving Grace, The Middle, Eli Stone, My Name Is Earl, Home Improvement,...
  
  
• Senator Crossfield
• Senator Cumberland
• Senator Dashowitz
• Senator Dejoie
• Senator Dubar (5.17)
• Senator Jenkins (5.21; his name appears in Josh Lyman
  Josh Lyman
  Joshua "Josh" Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he was White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Josiah Bartlet administration...
  
  's e-mail inbox)
• Senator Kasey
• Senator Larkin
• Senator Lindsay — Sarah Benoit
• Senator McGowen
• Senator McNamara
• Senator Newberry
• Senator Proctor
• Senator Quartermain
• Senator Robin Fulton
• Senator Taglio
• Senator Wirth

Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

• Chief Justice
  Chief Justice of the United States
  The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
  
   Roy Ashland — Milo O'Shea
  Milo O'Shea
  -Early life:He was born and raised in Dublin and educated by the Christian Brothers at Synge Street, along with his friend Donal Donnelly.He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the "37 Theatre Club" on the top floor of his shop The Swiss Gem Company, 51 Lower O'Connell Street...
  
  : Aging liberal Chief Justice who resigned in 2004 and replaced by Evelyn Baker Lang, the first woman Chief Justice. Ashland joined the Supreme Court in 1972, and became Chief Justice in 1992, though in 2003 it was stated that he had faced six administrations and "22 congresses" (meaning he may have served for 44 years). Born in 1922.
• Chief Justice Evelyn Baker Lang — Glenn Close
  Glenn Close
  Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...
  
   (Season 5): Replaced Roy Ashland, who resigned in 2004. First woman Chief Justice. A liberal appointed by President Bartlet in a deal with Senate Republicans where they got to fill the seat of the deceased Owen Brady with a conservative, Christopher Mulready. The role was performed by Ann Ryerson at President Santos' Inauguration (Ep. 7.22).
• Justice
  Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States...
  
   Roberto Mendoza — Edward James Olmos
  Edward James Olmos
  Edward James Olmos is an American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt...
  
   (Ep. 1.9; 1.15): Controversial nominee appointed by President Bartlet to replace the liberal Justice Joseph Crouch, who was not fond of the President. Considered a liberal at the time of his appointment and still considered as such by Justice Mulready years later, though Josh (perhaps erroneously) lists him as one of the "centrists" (Ep. 5.17)
• Justice Christopher Mulready — William Fichtner
  William Fichtner
  William Edward Fichtner is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on Invasion, as Alexander Mahone on Prison Break, as William Sharp in Armageddon, and as Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.- Early life...
  
  : 48-year-old Conservative judge appointed by President Bartlet to replace the late conservative justice, Owen Brady. Was appointed in a deal with Senate Republicans that allowed Evelyn Baker Lang to be Chief Justice (Ep. 5.17)
• Justice Joseph Crouch — Mason Adams
  Mason Adams
  Mason Adams was an American character actor and voice-over artist.-Early life:Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an MA degree from the University of Michigan in Theatre Arts and Speech and also attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studying theater arts...
  
   (Ep. 1.9): Aging liberal justice who retired in November 1999 and was replaced by Roberto Mendoza. Did not like President Bartlet. He began serving the year Bartlet entered college and served on the bench for 38 years, meaning he joined in 1961.
• Justice Owen Brady: Young conservative who died suddenly in 2004 at age 52 of a heart attack. He was described by both liberals and conservatives as a "young, brilliant mind." Replaced by Christopher Mulready, who described the Court as being at its best when "Brady was fighting Ashland." (Ep. 5.16 & 5.17)
• Justice Brannigan. Considered a centrist. (5.17)
• Justice Carmine. Considered a centrist. (5.17)
• Justice Henry Clark. Considered a centrist. (5.17)
• Justice Dreifort: Conservative justice who had Ainsley Hayes as a clerk. White House Counsel
  White House Counsel
  The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States.-Role:The Counsel's role is to advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House...
  
   Lionel Tribbey describes him as "an idiot" who is "intolerant toward gay
  Gay
  Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
  
  s, lesbians, blacks, unions
  Labor unions in the United States
  Labor unions in the United States are legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries. The most prominent unions are among public sector employees such as teachers and police...
  
  , women, poor
  Poverty in the United States
  Poverty is defined as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. According to the U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday September 13th, 2011, the nation's poverty rate rose to 15.1% in 2010, up from 14.3% in 2009 and to its highest level...
  
   people, and the First
  First Amendment to the United States Constitution
  The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
  
  , Fourth
  Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
  The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause...
  
  , Fifth
  Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
  The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. Its guarantees stem from English common law which traces back to the Magna Carta in 1215...
  
  , and Ninth
  Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
  The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, addresses rights of the people that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.-Text:-Adoption:When the U.S...
  
   Amendments." (Ep. 2.5)
• Justice Hoyt. Considered a centrist. (5.17)
• Justice Lafayette. Considered a centrist. (5.17)
• Former Justice Weddington
• Former Chief Justice Henry Staub: Former liberal Chief Justice assumed to hold the position in the ensuing 6 years between the Burger Court (1969-1986) and the Ashland Court (1992-2004). Mentioned by Ashland in a respectful light during his retirement press conference. (5.17)

Court as of 1999:
Ashland, Brady, Brannigan, Carmine, Clark, Crouch, Dreifort, Hoyt, LaFayette.

Court after 2000:
Ashland, Brady, Brannigan, Carmine, Clark, Dreifort, Hoyt, LaFayette, Mendoza.

Court after 2004:
Lang, Brannigan, Carmine, Clark, Dreifort, Hoyt, LaFayette, Mendoza, Mulready.

Based on a comment by Donna Moss

Donna Moss

Donnatella "Donna" Moss is a fictional character played by Janel Moloney on the television serial drama The West Wing. Donna is a recurring character during the first season, although she appears in every episode, making her a de facto regular...

 in Episode 5.16, it's known that two of the Supreme Court justices were women, with Lang's appointment in 5.17 increasing this to three.

Other jurists

• Peyton Cabot Harrison III: His father was Eisenhower's Attorney General. A life-long Democrat, he clerked for Republican Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger and served as dean of the Harvard Law School. The first choice to fill Crouch's seat on the Supreme Court, he was ultimately rebuffed by Bartlet after expressing questionable views on the right to privacy.
• Ed Harrison
• Eric Hayden: Nominee to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Sharon Day — Brady Rubin: She swore in Glen Allen Walken as Acting President on May 8, 2003.
• E. Bradford Shelton — Robert Picardo
  Robert Picardo
  Robert Picardo is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's China Beach, the Emergency Medical Hologram , also known as The Doctor, on UPN's Star Trek: Voyager, The Cowboy in Innerspace, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years , Ben Wheeler in Wagons East, and as...
  
  : Considered for nomination to the Supreme Court. Shelton is a moderate judge because he refuses to position himself on issues, preferring to decide each case on the merits. His son once burned President Bartlet in effigy to protest military action in Saudi Arabia.

Central Intelligence Agency

Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...

• Directors
  Director of Central Intelligence
  The Office of United States Director of Central Intelligence was the head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the principal intelligence advisor to the President and the National Security Council, and the coordinator of intelligence activities among and between the various United...
  
  
  • George Rollie — Ryan Cutrona
    Ryan Cutrona
    Ryan Cutrona is an American actor. Cutrona has played supporting roles in several films and numerous television series. A majority of his roles are military parts due in large part to his background. Cutrona's father was a General in the United States Army, and he was born at West Point, spending...
    
     (Ep. 1.11; Seasons 5–7)
  • Rob Konrad — M.G. Mills (Ep. 1.21)

Federal Election Commission

Federal Election Commission

The Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1975 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act...

• John Branford Bacon (D): Nominated to the FEC by President Bartlet over the objections of the Senate Majority Leader. Favors campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns....
  
  .
• Patricia Calhoun (R): Formerly director of the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation
  Heritage Foundation
  The Heritage Foundation is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong...
  
  . Also worked in the Office of Management and Budget under two Republican presidents. Favors "aggressive" campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns....
  
  .
• Barry Haskell — Austin Pendleton
  Austin Pendleton
  Austin Pendleton is an American film, television, and stage actor, a playwright, and a theatre director and instructor.-Life and career:...
  
  : Member of the FEC since 1990. Favors campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns....
  
  , especially banning soft money, but only admitted so when gently confronted by Leo McGarry.
• Ross Kassenbach — Bruce Wright: Opposes campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform
  Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns....
  
  . Appointed by President Bartlet to be Ambassador
  Ambassadors from the United States
  This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, to past nations, and ambassadors-at-large.Ambassadors are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate...
  
   to the Federated States of Micronesia
  Federated States of Micronesia
  The Federated States of Micronesia or FSM is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. It comprises approximately 607 islands with c...
  
  .

Federal Reserve

• Chairman of the Federal Reserve
  Chairman of the Federal Reserve
  The Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the central banking system of the United States. Known colloquially as "Chairman of the Fed," or in market circles "Fed Chairman" or "Fed Chief"...
  
  
  • Bernard Dahl (1992–2000)
  • Ronald Ehrlich (2000–Present)

State governors

• Gabriel "Gabe" Tillman (D-California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  ) — Ray Wise
  Ray Wise
  Raymond Nicolas "Ray" Wise is an American actor, known for his roles as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks, as Leon C. Nash, right-hand henchman to villain Clarence Boddicker in the science fiction classic RoboCop, and recently as the Devil in the CW television series Reaper.-Life and career:Wise was...
  
  : 2001-. Will Bailey
  Will Bailey
  William "Will" Bailey, is a fictional character played by Joshua Malina on the television serial drama The West Wing, holding various posts in the White House Office of Communications, Office of the Vice President and a backbencher Congressman .-Character biography:Will grew up in Belgium, as his...
  
   wrote an acclaimed speech for Gov. Tillman. In 2006 primaries, gave tacit support for Congressman Santos, after initially planning to support former Vice President Hoynes. Mentioned in the fourth season and again in the seventh season when a nuclear power plant near San Diego comes close to meltdown.
• Robert Ritchie (R-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  ) — James Brolin
  James Brolin
  James Brolin is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles in soap operas, movies, sitcoms, and television. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin and husband of singer/actress Barbra Streisand.-Early life:...
  
   (Seasons 3–4): 1997-2005. Served two terms as Governor. Republican nominee for President in 2002, defeated by the incumbent, President Bartlet. Elected in 1996 and defeated Carol Gelsey (who we know stood for Florida Governor in 1996). Succeeded by Eric Swenson (R), who is Governor by the 2006 election.
• Jack Buckland (D-Indiana
  Indiana
  Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
  
  ) — Kevin Tighe
  Kevin Tighe
  Kevin Tighe is an American character actor primarily known for his roles on television. Tighe is best known for his role as Roy DeSoto, a senior paramedic, on the NBC series Emergency! . He and Randolph Mantooth, his partner in the series, have remained close friends...
  
   (Ep. 3.03; 3.04): 1997-2002. Helped to deliver Indiana and the whole mid-west to Bartlet in the 1998 election. Was a serious candidate for Bartlet's running mate in that election. Former US Olympian and Heisman Trophy
  Heisman Trophy
  The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
  
   winner. Would have challenged the President in the 2002 primaries but was talked out of it by Josh Lyman
  Josh Lyman
  Joshua "Josh" Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he was White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Josiah Bartlet administration...
  
  , and promised a Cabinet position. Appointed Secretary of Labor (2002-2007).
• Mike Reed (R-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ): 1999-2007. a contender for the 2006 nomination. Gave keynote speech at the Republican National Convention
  Republican National Convention
  The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. Convened by the Republican National Committee, the stated purpose of the convocation is to nominate an official candidate in an upcoming U.S...
  
  , known as the "eight is enough" speech attacking the Bartlet administration (which was in its eighth year in office). Did not stand for election in 2006.
• Bill Daniel (R-Nebraska
  Nebraska
  Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
  
  ) 1997-2005
• Jack Stephens (R-New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
  ) 1991-2003
• Peggy Wade (R-Oklahoma
  Oklahoma
  Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
  
  ): 2001-. President Bartlet and Wade dislike each other. Bartlet disagrees in particular with her support for gun rights and tort reform (5.06)
• Eric Baker (D-Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  ) — Ed O'Neill
  Ed O'Neill
  Edward Phillip "Ed" O'Neill, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the Fox Network sitcom Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes...
  
  : 2001-2007. Sought Democratic nomination for President in 2006 from the floor of the convention. Withdrew after fallout due to the discovery of his lack of disclosure of his wife's depression
  Clinical depression
  Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
  
  . Nominated for Vice President by President Santos following the death of Leo McGarry.
• Edward Pratt (R-Tennessee
  Tennessee
  Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
  
  ) — Doug Ballard: 2001-. Meets with the President to discuss increasing instances of arson against the black churches in his state around Christmas
  Christmas
  Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
  
   2001. Still Governor in 2005 when he found out about a top-secret deal where the country of Georgia offered the US uranium and threatened to leak it publicly since he was opposed to it.
• Ray Sullivan
  Ray Sullivan
  Ray Sullivan was a fictional Republican governor of West Virginia, played by Brett Cullen. He was a recurring character on the American television show The West Wing. He was the Republican Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2006 election, and the running mate of Arnold...
  
   (R-West Virginia
  West Virginia
  West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
  
  ) — Brett Cullen
  Brett Cullen
  Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs. Early in 2007, he was cast as the role of an estranged father to one of the American football players, Tim Riggins , in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights.Cullen was born in Houston,...
  
   (Seasons 6–7): 2001-. Senator Vinick's running mate in 2006. Seen as the front runner for the Republican nomination in 2010 .
• Hutchins (D-Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
  ): 2003-. defeated Parsons (R) in 2002. (4.8)
• Sidley (Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
  
  ) 2007-. (7.22)
• Wilkins (New Hampshire
  New Hampshire
  New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
  
  ) 1999-2007. (7.22)
• Halley (R-Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  ): 2007-. Elected in 2006, defeated Fishman (D) by 2%. Succeeded Mike Reed (R).
• Eric Swenson (R-Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  ): 2005-. Helped get out the vote for Vinick in 2006. Replaced Robert Ritchie as Governor in January 2005.

Other state-level politicians

• Ivan "Izzy" Perez — Rick Najera: Member of the California Agricultural Laborers Association. Ran for Governor of California
  Governor of California
  The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced...
  
   on the American Communist Party ticket. (Ep. 4.16)
• Richard Sutter, California Assemblyman

Local government of the United States

• Mayor of Washington, DC (D)— James Pickens, Jr.
  James Pickens, Jr.
  James Pickens, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files.- Early life...
  
   : African-American, attended a public school. While a Democrat, he is pro-school vouchers
• Jimmy Fitzsimmons: Won the 2002 Boston Mayor's race by 51 points
• Mayor Atkins (D): city unknown. African-American, former Christian Left
  Christian left
  The Christian left is a term originating in the United States, used to describe a spectrum of left-wing Christian political and social movements which largely embraces social justice....
  
   Reverend. "Fringe" 2006 Democratic Primary candidate in Iowa, critic of NAFTA
  North American Free Trade Agreement
  The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement...
  
  . Had delegates at the 2006 convention and worked as a Santos surrogate on election day

Party leaders

• Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
  • Barry Goodwin — John Aylward
    John Aylward
    John Aylward is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER. He also supplied his voice for Dr. Arne Magnusson in Half-Life 2: Episode...
    
    
  • Steve Rorsche — Mark L. Taylor
    Mark L. Taylor
    Mark L. Taylor is an American actor. He was born in Syracuse, New York.Taylor has appeared in various shows such as Seinfeld, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal and Boston Legal...
    
    
• Chairman of the Republican National Committee
  • Steve Hodder — Dean Norris
    Dean Norris
    Dean Joseph Norris is an American actor currently starring as DEA agent Hank Schrader, the brother-in-law of main character Walter White in the AMC series Breaking Bad, which premiered on January 20, 2008.-Biography:...
    
    

Christian right

Christian right

Christian right is a term used predominantly in the United States to describe "right-wing" Christian political groups that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies...

• Reverend Don Butler
  Don Butler
  Reverend Don Butler is a recurring character on the American television show The West Wing, a conservative televangelist from Virginia played by Don S. Davis. He was a candidate for the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States in the 2006 election, but was defeated by...
  
   (R-Virginia
  Virginia
  The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
  
  ) — Don S. Davis
  Don S. Davis
  Don Sinclair Davis PhD was an American character actor, theatre professor, painter and captain in the United States Army.-Career:He was perhaps best known for playing General George S...
  
   (Season 6): Candidate for Republican nomination for President and leader of the American Christian Assembly
• Reverend Al Caldwell — F. William Parker
  F. William Parker
  F. William Parker is an American character actor.He appeared in the following television series: The West Wing , NYPD Blue, The X Files, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Wings, Newhart, Alice, General Hospital, Dynasty, Taxi, Barney Miller, Archie Bunker's Place, CHiPs, The Jeffersons, Laverne & Shirley,...
  
  : Prominent religious leader who, unlike his associates (like Mary Marsh and John Van Dyke), is respectful of and respected by members of the Bartlet administration (Eps. 1.1, 2.8)
• Mary Marsh — Annie Corley
  Annie Corley
  Annie Corley is an American actress who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows since 1990. Her most notable role to date was playing Meryl Streep's daughter in the film The Bridges of Madison County....
  
  : Associate of Rev. Al Caldwell who has a mutually shared antagonism with members of the Bartlet administration, especially Josh Lyman
  Josh Lyman
  Joshua "Josh" Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he was White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Josiah Bartlet administration...
  
  
• Reverend Algiss Schuyler — Ellis E. Williams
  Ellis E. Williams
  Ellis E. Williams is an American film and television actor/comedian who is better known for playing "Henry Hugley" Ellis E. Williams (born June 28, 1951) is an American film and television actor/comedian who is better known for playing "Henry Hugley" Ellis E. Williams (born June 28, 1951) is an...
  
  
• John Van Dyke — David Sage
  David Sage
  David Sage is an American television actor known for his various roles in television in the 1980s and 1990s. Mainly, he plays judges and doctors for his stocky build and white hair. Among the many shows he was in, Sage appeared in such shows as: The Practice , The West Wing , L.A...
  
  : Associate of Rev. Al Caldwell. (Ep. 1.1)
• George Rohr —Peter MacKenzie
  Peter Mackenzie
  Peter MacKenzie is an American actor. His first major role was on Herman's Head. He is a character actor. He also played "Mr. Firestein" in the season 3 episode of The Drew Carey Show titled "The Sex Drug", as Mimi Bobeck's counsel in her sex harassment case against Nigel Wick, and co-starred in...
  
  : political advisor to the American Christian Assembly, former advisor to the Speaker of the House (Ep 7.3)

United States ambassadors

Ambassadors from the United States

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, to past nations, and ambassadors-at-large.Ambassadors are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate...

• Courtland, Ambassador to Bolivia
  Bolivia
  Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
  
   (Ep. 6.12)
• Ken Cochran, Ambassador to Bulgaria
  Bulgaria
  Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
  
   — Lawrence Pressman
  Lawrence Pressman
  David M. Pressman, Senior is an American actor, probably best known for roles on Doogie Howser, M.D., Ladies Man, a recurring role on Profiler, the titular character on Mulligan's Stew and as a fictional scientist in the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle.His first role was on the soap opera The...
  
   (Ep. 1.21): Forced to resign after his affair with the daughter of the Bulgarian Prime Minister was discovered.
• Ross Kassenbach, Ambassador to Micronesia
  Federated States of Micronesia
  The Federated States of Micronesia or FSM is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. It comprises approximately 607 islands with c...
  
   — Bruce Wright (Ep. 1.21): Former member of the Federal Election Commission
  Federal Election Commission
  The Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1975 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act...
  
  .
• Vanderbass, Ambassador to Vietnam (Ep. 4.9)

Foreign ambassadors to the United States

• Renee Ernesto, Ambassador from Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
  
• Noah Jolla, Ambassador from Burkina Faso
  Burkina Faso
  Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
  
  
• David, Ambassador from the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   — James Hong
  James Hong
  James Hong is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists . A prolific acting veteran, Hong's career spans over 50 years and includes more than 350 roles in film, television, and video games.-Early life:Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His...
  
   (Ep. 1.11; 3.15)
• Ling-Po, Ambassador from the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   — George Kee Cheung (Ep. 6.7; 7.12)
• Yahlin, Ambassador from the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   (Ep. 7.9)
• Tiki, Ambassador from Equatorial Kundu (Ep. 4.16)
• Julian Lefort, Ambassador from France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   (Ep. 7.9)
• Jacques Ornand, Ambassador from France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   — François Giroday (Ep. 7.11)
• Franz, Ambassador from Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   — Ronald Guttman
  Ronald Guttman
  Ronald Guttman is a Belgian actor, theatrical producer and film producer.Guttman was born in Uccle. He has appeared in TV shows such as Lost, Lipstick Jungle, Heroes, The West Wing, and Sex and the City. He had a recurring role as Alexander Cambias, Sr...
  
   (Ep. 7.11)
• Vigdis Olafsdottir, Ambassador from Iceland
  Iceland
  Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
  
   (Ep. 2.12)
• Ambassador from India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
   — Iqbal Theba
  Iqbal Theba
  Iqbal Theba is a Pakistani-American actor. Theba currently has a recurring role as Principal Figgins in the show Glee.-Life and career:Theba became a familiar face in the 1990s when he appeared in various TV shows and commercials in the United States....
  
   (Ep. 1.11)
• Shira Galit, Ambassador from Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
   — Natalija Nogulich (Ep. 5.22; 6.1; 6.2)
• Habib, Ambassador from Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
   — Erick Avari
  Erick Avari
  Erick Avari is an Indian American television, film and theater actor known for his roles in various science-fiction serial productions.-Early life:...
  
   (Ep. 1.11)
• Nadia Kozlowski, Ambassador from Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
   — Charlotte Cromwell (Ep. 2.9)
• Yuri, Ambassador from Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
   (Ep. 7.9)
• Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Ambassador from Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Arabia
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
  
  . [2.12]
• Peter Hans, Ambassador from Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
   — Erik Holland (Ep. 2.12)
• Chris von Rutte, Ambassador from Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
   — Wolf Muser
  Wolf Muser
  Wolf Muser is a German actor most notably recognized for his role as Marcello Armonti on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara. He portrayed the role in 1985. Prior to joining the show, he also appeared as Kurt Voightlander on CBS' drama Capitol in 1983...
  
   (Ep. 4.8)
• Tada Sumatra, Ambassador from Thailand
  Thailand
  Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
  
   — Alberto Isaac
  Alberto Isaac
  Alberto Isaac was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
  
   (Ep. 2.12)
• Lord John Marbury
  Lord John Marbury
  Lord John Marbury is a recurring fictional character on the television show The West Wing, played by Roger Rees. The character appeared in five episodes, first as an informal aide to President Josiah Bartlet during a foreign relations crisis, and later within the show as the United Kingdom's...
  
  , Ambassador from the United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   — Roger Rees
  Roger Rees
  Roger Rees is a Welsh actor. He is best known to American audiences for playing the characters Robin Colcord on the American television sitcom show Cheers and Lord John Marbury on the American television drama The West Wing...
  
   (Ep. 1.11; 1.12; 2.12; 3.16; 6.14): Former British High Commissioner
  High Commissioner
  High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
  
   to India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  . Considered an expert on the Indian subcontinent
  Indian subcontinent
  The Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
  
  , and known for his colorful and flamboyant personality (and for purposefully mistaking White House Chief of Staff
  White House Chief of Staff
  The White House Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President.The current White House Chief of Staff is Bill Daley.-History:...
  
   Leo McGarry
  Leo McGarry
  Leo Thomas McGarry is a fictional character played by John Spencer on the television serial drama The West Wing. The role earned Spencer the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. McGarry's character, the former United States Secretary of Labor, begins the series as the White...
  
   for the White House butler
  Butler
  A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its...
  
  , as well as calling him 'Gerald').
• Prince Umar Usef, Ambassador from Qumar (Ep. 5.2)

Leaders

• President Ismaili of Albania
  Albania
  Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
  
   (Ep. 5.06)
• Prime Minister Toder Lukanov of Bulgaria
  Bulgaria
  Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
  
   (Ep. 1.21)
• President
  President of Belarus
  The office of President of Belarus is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Soviet. This replaced the office of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet as the head of state...
  
   Eliches of Belarus
  Belarus
  Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
  
   (Ep. 6.14)
• King Nawa of Bhutan
  Bhutan
  Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
  
   (4.14) Died in January 2003.
• King Yashey Nawa of Bhutan
  Bhutan
  Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
  
   (4.14) Succeeded his deceased father, only 14 years old.
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Canada
  The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
  
   Dallaire of Canada
  Canada
  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
   (Ep. 6.10 & 7.19)
• President
  President of the Republic of China
  The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the Republic of China . The Republic of China was founded on January 1, 1912, to govern all of China...
  
   Chen of the Republic of China
  Republic of China
  The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
  
   (Taiwan) (Ep. 6.7)
• Premier
  Premier of the People's Republic of China
  The Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China , sometimes also referred to as the "Prime Minister" informally, is the Leader of the State Council of the People's Republic of China , who is the head of government and holds the highest-ranking of the Civil service of the...
  
   Zyang of the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   (Ep. 6.9)
• President
  President of the People's Republic of China
  The President of the People's Republic of China is a ceremonial office and a part of State organs under the National People's Congress and it is the head of state of the People's Republic of China . The office was created by the 1982 Constitution...
  
   Lian of the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   (Ep. 6.9) — Raymond Ma
• President Nimbala of Equatorial Kundu — Zakes Mokae
  Zakes Mokae
  Zakes Makgona Mokae was a South African-born American actor.-Life and career:Mokae was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, moved to Great Britain in 1961, and to the United States in 1969. He turned to acting at the same time as playwright Athol Fugard was emerging...
  
   (Ep. 2.4): Overthrown in coup d'etat
  Coup d'état
  A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
  
  and executed.
• President Nzele of Equatorial Kundu. (Ep. 4.16) Leader of the Artuku regime
• President D'Astier of France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   (Ep. 4.1 & 7.4)
• President Trenier of France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   (Ep. 6.12)
• Chancellor Weissman of Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   (Ep. 5.6)
• Chancellor Ehrhart of Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   (Ep. 7.4)
• President
  President of Georgia
  The President of Georgia is the head of state, supreme commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Government of Georgia. Executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, who is the head of government...
  
   Rustaveli of Georgia
  Georgia (country)
  Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
  
   (Ep. 6.4)
• President
  President of Greece
  The President of the Hellenic Republic , colloquially referred to in English as the President of Greece, is the head of state of Greece. The office of the President of the Republic was established after the Greek republic referendum, 1974 and formally by the Constitution of Greece in 1975. The...
  
   Gianakkos of Greece
  Greece
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
  
   (Ep. 5.06)
• Colonel Bazen of Haiti
  Haiti
  Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
  
  . (2.21) Head of the Haitian military junta opposed to the election of Dessaline.
• President
  President of Haiti
  The President of the Republic of Haiti is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government headed by the Prime Minister of Haiti...
  
   Dessaline of Haiti
  Haiti
  Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
  
  . (2.21) Overthrown by Bazen's junta, but rescued.
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of India
  The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
  
   Nohamid of India (Ep. 1.11) Later referred to as a woman whose grandfather played chess with Lord Mountbatten of Burma
  Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
  Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
  
  . President Bartlet implies that the grandfather was Jawaharlal Nehru
  Jawaharlal Nehru
  Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
  
  . (Ep. 3.14)
• President
  President of Indonesia
  The President of the Republic of Indonesia is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Indonesia.The first president was Sukarno and the current president is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.- Sukarno era :...
  
   Rahm Siguto of Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
  
   — Ariono Suriawinata (Ep. 1.7)
• Ayatollah
  Ayatollah
  Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin...
  
   Afkham, Supreme Leader
  Supreme Leader of Iran
  The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...
  
   of Iran
  Iran
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
  
   (Ep. 4.9)
  • Salman Afkham, his 15-year-old son
• President
  President of Iran
  The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in, and the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; although subordinate to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state...
  
   Alijani of Iran
  Iran
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
  
   (Ep. 5.13 & 6.14) Moderate reformer, despite his extremist rhetoric
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Israel
  The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...
  
   Ben Yahbin of Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
   (Ep 1.6)
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Israel
  The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...
  
   Efraim 'Eli' Zahavy of Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
   — Armin Mueller-Stahl
  Armin Mueller-Stahl
  Armin Mueller-Stahl is a German film actor, painter, writer and musician.-Early life:Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia...
  
   (Season 5 - 6). Likud
  Likud
  Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...
  
  
  • Maya Zahavy, his wife
• President
  President of Kazakhstan
  President of Kazakhstan is the head of state, supreme commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Kazakhstan. The authorities of this position are described in special section of Constitution of Kazakhstan....
  
   Rushan Issetov of Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
  
   (Ep 7.4) Assassinated.
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
  -Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars:*Viktor Radus-Zenkovich *Mukhamedkhafiy Murzagaliyev *Saken Seyfullin *Nygmet Nurmakov...
  
   Tarimov of Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
  
   (Ep 7.8) Pro-Moscow. Promoted to Acting President after Issetov's death and won unfair election to President
• Chairman Nizar Farad of the Palestinian National Authority
  Palestinian National Authority
  The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
  
   — Makram J. Khoury (Ep. 5.22, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.4) - Hardliner. Killed by suicide bomber in Series 7
• Palestinian Prime Minister Saeb Mukarat — Marcelo Tubert
  Marcelo Tubert
  Marcelo Tubert is an actor and a voice actor. He is also known as Marcello Tubert and Marc Tubert.-Animation:* Capitol Critters - Additional Voices* Pound Puppies - Additional Voices...
  
   (Ep. 5.22, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.4) Moderate, expected to become President when after Farad's death
• President Pyotr Chigorin of Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
  . Ex-KGB, won an unfair election. A reformer who supports the environment, nuclear armament reductions and friendship with the US.
• Crown Prince
  Crown Prince
  A crown prince or crown princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
  
   Bitar of Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Arabia
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
  
   (Ep. 5.10) Supporter of steady reform in the Kingdom
• President
  President of South Korea
  The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...
  
   Wang of South Korea
  South Korea
  The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
  
   (Ep. 6.8)
• President
  President of Ukraine
  Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
  
   Shevkuh of Ukraine
  Ukraine
  Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
  
  : Implied that he is not a reformer.
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
  
  : Referred to by Lord John Marbury
  Lord John Marbury
  Lord John Marbury is a recurring fictional character on the television show The West Wing, played by Roger Rees. The character appeared in five episodes, first as an informal aide to President Josiah Bartlet during a foreign relations crisis, and later within the show as the United Kingdom's...
  
   only by the nickname of "Ricky". (Season 1)
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
  
   Maureen Graty of the United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   — Pamela Salem
  Pamela Salem
  Pamela Salem is a British film and television actress.She was born in Bombay, India, and educated at Heidelberg University in Germany and later at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England...
  
   (Season 6)
• President
  President of Colombia
  The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was part of "la Gran Colombia"...
  
   Miguel Santos of Colombia
  Colombia
  Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
  
   (Ep. 2.13)
• President Carlos Velasco of Venezuela
  Venezuela
  Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
  
   (Ep. 4.1)
• President Ignacio of Venezuela. Overthrown in a coup d'etat
  Coup d'état
  A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
  
   and arrested by Luna (Ep. 4.8)

Other officials

• Vice President
  Vice President of the People's Republic of China
  The Vice President of the People's Republic of China , formerly called Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1954 to 1975, or abbreviated Guójiā Fù Zhǔxí 国家副主席, literally State Vice-chairman) is a senior position in the government of the People's Republic of China.-Selection and...
  
   Liu of the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   (Ep. 6.9)
• Chairman
  Chairman of the Communist Party of China
  The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was the head of the Communist Party of China . In 1982, it was succeeded by the General Secretary of the Central Committee.-History and functions:...
  
   Xian of the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   (Ep. 6.9)
• Vice President
  Vice president
  A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
  
   Abu El-Azm of Egypt
  Egypt
  Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
  
   (Ep. 4.20)
• Justice Minister
  Justice Minister
  A justice ministry is a ministry or other government agency charged with justice. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice or secretary of justice or secretary for justice; sometimes the head of a department of justice is entitled attorney general.Specific duties may relate to...
  
   of Haiti
  Haiti
  Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
  
   Rene Ducasse. [2.21]. Arrested by Colonel Bazen.
• Rahmadi Sumahidjo Bambang, Deputy to President Siguto of Indonesia
• Foreign Minister
  Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel
  The Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The position is one of the most important in the Israeli cabinet after Prime Minister and Defense Minister...
  
   Ben Yosef of Israel — Malachi Throne
  Malachi Throne
  Malachi Throne is an American actor, most noted for his roles on Star Trek and It Takes a Thief.Throne was born in New York City...
  
   (Ep. 4.4): Assassinated when his plane was shot down.
• Israeli Defense Minister Doran Mazar (6.1; 6.2) — Eli Danker
  Eli Danker
  Eli Danker is an Israeli actor who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the father of Ran Danker.-Career:...
  
  
• Brendan McGann, the leader of Sinn Féin
  Sinn Féin
  Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
  
   in Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
  
   (Ep. 3.15) His visit to the White House was objected to by UK Ambassador Lord John Marbury
  Lord John Marbury
  Lord John Marbury is a recurring fictional character on the television show The West Wing, played by Roger Rees. The character appeared in five episodes, first as an informal aide to President Josiah Bartlet during a foreign relations crisis, and later within the show as the United Kingdom's...
  
  
• Defense Minister Takabi of Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
   (Ep 5.20)
• Defense Minister Abdul ibn Shareef
  Abdul ibn Shareef
  Abdul Ibn Shareef, former defense minister of Qumar, is a fictional character played by Al No'mani on the television serial drama The West Wing.-Character history:...
  
   of Qumar — Al No'mani (Ep. 3.22): Brother of the Sultan and terrorist leader, assassinated by the United States.
• Vasiliy Konanov, a Ukrainian
  Ukraine
  Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
  
   politician — Eugene Lazarev
• Ambassador Ali Nassir of Qumar, Qumari ambassador to the United Nations (Ep. 4.6)
• Minister of Health Dr. Fabius Makabua of Uganda
  Uganda
  Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
  
   (Ep. 5.18)

See also

• The West Wing
  The West Wing (TV series)
  The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
  
  
• List of characters on The West Wing
• List of The West Wing episodes