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List of fictional U.S. Presidents

Since the office of President of the United States is somewhat hallowed, fiction writers often choose to 'invent' a president in their stories to prevent a real one from being possibly insulted and/or their story from becoming 'dated' over time.

Table of contents

1 Josiah Bartlet 2 Johnny Cyclops 3 President James Marshall 4 Dave Kovic/President Bill Mitchell 5 Merkin Muffley 6 David Palmer 7 Andrew Sheppard 8 Thomas J. Whitmore 9 External links 10 See also

Josiah Bartlet

• President in: The West Wing
• Qualities/attributes: Irascible yet good-humored, quite liberal. Known for a fascination with trivia, esp. historical trivia ("Did you know that this chair was presented to the United States as a gift from the King of Lichtenstein in gratitude for our ambassador marrying his daughter in 1871?")
• Played by: Martin Sheen

Johnny Cyclops

• President in: Whoops Apocalypse (television)
• Qualities/attributes: A former screen actor, recently lobotomised. Hated at home and desperate to regain popularity. With other world leaders, causes World War III and nuclear holocaust.
• Played by: Barry Morse

President James Marshall

• President in: Air Force One (movie)
• Qualities/attributes: A true family man who loves his wife and daughter. He takes a tough stance toward terrorism.
• Played by: Harrison Ford

Dave Kovic/President Bill Mitchell

• President and Presidential decoy in: Dave
• Real President's qualities: Philandering heel
• President Dave's qualities: Personable, loving and strongly pro-job growth
• Played by: Kevin Kline

Merkin Muffley

• President in: Dr. Strangelove
• Qualities/attributes: A bald, middle-aged man, Muffley is perhaps the only character in the movie who seems to have a 'down to earth' attitude towards an escalating nuclear crisis.
• Played by: Peter Sellers

David Palmer

• President in: 24 (television)
• Played by: Dennis Haysbert

Andrew Sheppard

• President in: The American President
• Played by: Michael Douglas
• Quote: "I went to Stanford you blowhole!"

Thomas J. Whitmore

• President in: Independence Day (movie)
• Played by: Bill Pullman

External links

• "Fictional Presidents as Antagonists in American Motion Pictures: The New Antihero for the Post-Watergate Era" By Ralph R. Donald Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• "Ranking the Movie Presidents," The Atlantic Monthly, November 2002.

See also

• Archive of fictional things
• President of Earth

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