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'' Madam Secretary'' is an American
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. It aired from 2014-2019 and stars
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Tim Daly James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'' and his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in '' Superman: The Animated Series'', as well as his recurring role as ...
,
Keith Carradine Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor who has had success on stage, film, and television. He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's film ''Nashville'', Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series '' Deadwood ...
,
Erich Bergen Erich Bergen (born December 31, 1985) is an American actor, singer and presenter, best known for his roles as Bob Gaudio in the biographical musical drama film ''Jersey Boys'' and as Blake Moran in the CBS television series '' Madam Secretary''. ...
,
Patina Miller Patina Renea Miller is an American actress and singer. Miller's breakout role was as originating the role of disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier in the 2009 West End and 2011 Broadway productions of ''Sister Act'' for which she earned a Lauren ...
,
Geoffrey Arend Geoffrey Rashid Arend (born February 28, 1978) is an American film, television, voice and theater actor. He is best known for his role as List of Body of Proof characters#Ethan Gross, Ethan Gross on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC drama ser ...
,
Sebastian Arcelus Sebastian Arcelus (born November 5, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Lucas Goodwin in the Netflix TV series ''House of Cards'' (2013–2016) and Jay Whitman in the CBS TV series '' Madam Secretary'' (2014–2019). Arcelus ...
,
Wallis Currie-Wood Wallis Currie-Wood (born December 12, 1991) is an American actress. She played Stephanie "Stevie" McCord in the CBS drama '' Madam Secretary''. Early years Wallis Currie-Wood was born December 12, 1991 in Austin, Texas. Career Before attendi ...
, Katherine Herzer,
Evan Roe Evan Christopher Roe (born February 9, 2000) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jason McCord on the CBS political drama series '' Madam Secretary.'' Career Roe began his career as a child actor, appearing in a 2012 e ...
,
Željko Ivanek Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek; ; ; born August 15, 1957) is an American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on ''Damages'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on t ...
,
Bebe Neuwirth Beatrice "Bebe" Jane Neuwirth ( ; born December 31, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. On television, she played Dr. Lilith Sternin, Frasier Crane's wife, on both the TV sitcom ''Cheers'' (in a starring role) and its spin-off ''F ...
and
Sara Ramirez Sara Elena Ramírez (; born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican-American actor and singer. Born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Ramírez moved to the United States at eight years old, eventually graduating with a fine arts degree from the Juilliard School. R ...
.


Overview


Main characters


Elizabeth McCord


Henry McCord

Professor (Dr.) Henry McCord is the husband of former
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Elizabeth McCord and father of Stevie, Alison, and Jason McCord. Upon his wife's election as
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, Henry is the
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. He is portrayed by
Tim Daly James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'' and his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in '' Superman: The Animated Series'', as well as his recurring role as ...
. Born and raised in
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, Henry is the son of Patrick McCord (
Tom Skerritt Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in ''M*A*S*H'', ''Alien'', '' The Dead Zone'', ''Top Gun'', '' A R ...
), a steel worker, and an unnamed mother. He has three siblings, Maureen, Shane, and Erin. As a youth, Henry was an altar boy. After graduating from high school, Henry attended the
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on a scholarship, where he met his future wife, Elizabeth Adams, and was a member of the
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. He was commissioned in the
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after graduation and served five years on active duty. He was assigned to the
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out of
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, and he flew F-18 Hornets during
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. Henry mustered out of the Corps with the rank of
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. After leaving the Marines, Henry returned to academia, where he earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy and became a world-renowned religious scholar. He has published eight books (as of
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). He has worked as a professor at UVA,
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, and the National War College, where he served as Chairman of the newly created Military Ethics Department. Not long after his wife was appointed Secretary of State, Henry found himself back in government service, working for, among others, the
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, the
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, the
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, and the
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as both a consultant and an operative. At the end of the third season, Henry was named head of the CIA Special Activities Division. He resigned in "Reading the Signs" after failing to receive Congressional support for his operations in Afghanistan, and upon taking his leave, Henry and his team were awarded the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation (having turned down the individual
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believing he wasn't in service long enough to qualify for such an award). In the fifth season, Henry is hired by President Dalton as his Ethics Advisor, which necessitated him stepping down as Chairman of the National War College's Military Ethics Department.


Conrad Dalton

Conrad Joseph Dalton is the
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. He is portrayed by
Keith Carradine Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor who has had success on stage, film, and television. He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's film ''Nashville'', Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series '' Deadwood ...
. A Marine Corps veteran, Conrad serves as a 2nd Lieutenant in the
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, where he earns a
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and a
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. Before entering politics, Conrad is the
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, where he serves as the mentor and boss of then-CIA Analyst Elizabeth McCord. After the death of Secretary of State Vincent Marsh, President Dalton appoints Elizabeth to succeed Marsh. In 2008, Conrad runs an unsuccessful campaign to become
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; after the loss, he meets his future White House Chief of Staff Russell Jackson (
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). In the third season, Conrad fails to receive his party's nomination for a second term as president, losing to Pennsylvania governor Sam Evans, after revamping the United States' entire foreign policy for military base locations. Nevertheless, Dalton remains popular enough with certain parts of the population that Elizabeth convinces him to run as an independent. After a hard campaign, Dalton narrowly wins the swing state of
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, deadlocking the Electoral College and staging a
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in the
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. He eventually wins the election after diffusing a military confrontation between
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and
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, and negotiating a framework for peace between the two countries. In "Sound and Fury", Conrad takes a medical leave of absence under Section 3 of the
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, leaving Vice President Teresa Hurst serving as
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. He returned to the Presidency after two months. Between the fifth and sixth seasons, Conrad completed his term in office and has been succeeded as president by Elizabeth. Conrad is married to Lydia Dalton, with whom he has a son, Harrison, who struggles with drug addiction. He also has a brother, John Dalton.


Blake Moran

Blake Moran is the
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to
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Elizabeth McCord. He is portrayed by
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. In the fifth season, Blake is fired as Secretary McCord's personal assistant—per an agreement between the two that he would seek career advancement within a year—and then rehired as her assistant policy advisor. In the sixth season, Blake has become the
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to President McCord.


Daisy Grant

Daisy Grant is the press coordinator for
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Elizabeth McCord. She is portrayed by
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. During the first season, Daisy dates fellow State Department staffer Matt Mahoney. In the third season, she dates "Kevin" from Budget and Planning, who turns out to be an undercover operative for the CIA investigating the State Department. He is killed in a weapons-trafficking conspiracy, and Daisy subsequently finds herself pregnant with his child. In the fourth season, Daisy gives birth to a daughter, Joanna Grant. (The character's pregnancy was written into the series to accommodate the actress' real-life pregnancy.) In the sixth season, Daisy has become President McCord's White House Press Secretary.


Matt Mahoney

Matthew Asad "Matt" Mahoney is the
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for
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Elizabeth McCord. He is portrayed by
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. Born to an Irish-American Catholic father and a Pakistani-American Muslim mother in Illinois, Matt describes himself as
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, but is routinely profiled as a Muslim.


Jay Whitman

Jay Whitman is the senior
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to
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Elizabeth McCord. After the retirement of Nadine Tolliver in the fourth season, Jay becomes the new
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. He is portrayed by
Sebastian Arcelus Sebastian Arcelus (born November 5, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Lucas Goodwin in the Netflix TV series ''House of Cards'' (2013–2016) and Jay Whitman in the CBS TV series '' Madam Secretary'' (2014–2019). Arcelus ...
. Originally from Connecticut, Jay and his family moved to Dallas when he was a child. His first work in politics came when he helped future Texas Governor Lockwood run for Mayor of Galveston, Texas as a college student. Like most of Elizabeth's senior staff, Jay worked for her predecessor, Vincent Marsh, as his senior policy advisor, and remained with the State Department after his death. Jay was initially reluctant to work for Elizabeth, particularly as he had been preparing to accompany Secretary Marsh on a potential White House bid when he challenged President Conrad Dalton in the 2016 primaries. Jay's displeasure at working for a woman who lacked such ambition and the loss of the possibility of working in the White House was something he eventually expressed to Elizabeth. Jay's apparent displeasure is seemingly expressed in the first-season episode "Whisper of the Ax": after Elizabeth is humiliated before Congress while defending the State Department's micro-loan program, she angrily berates her inherited staff and she seemingly fires Jay as the first sign of staff re-organization. A disgruntled Jay is approached at a bar by one of her political enemies, seeking information in return for employment. At the next hearing, Jay's information is used by the Secretary's enemies to further humiliate her and gut the State Department's budget. However, the ploy backfires and the micro-loans program is saved. At the end of the episode, Jay is revealed to have been working for Elizabeth the whole time, his firing having been organized between them so he could leak false information and outflank her opponents. At the start of the series, Jay was married to Abby Whitman, who gave birth to a daughter, Chloe Elizabeth Whitman, in the first season. In the third season, Abby leaves him. When he comes back from being kidnapped, Abby wants to work on things but they ultimately do not reconcile. They now share custody of Chloe. In the fifth season, Jay meets a world-famous Dutch chess player named Annalies De Runnow while stuck in an Irish airport. They are instantly attracted to one another and, over the course of several hours stuck in transit and many chess games (which Jay loses), they decide to start a long-distance relationship. Although Jay originally joins Elizabeth's presidential campaign at the end of the fifth season, it is revealed at the beginning of the sixth season that he opted to leave politics and start a life in Amsterdam with Annalies. Jay returns in the sixth-season finale for Stevie McCord and Dmitri Petrov's wedding at the White House, where he is warmly embraced by Elizabeth. After teasing her about getting impeached the second he left her staff, he tells her that he and Annalies are returning to DC, and that they are expecting a baby. After Russell Jackson's resignation, Jay becomes Elizabeth's third White House Chief of Staff.


Stevie McCord

Stephanie "Stevie" McCord is Henry and Elizabeth's oldest child. She is portrayed by
Wallis Currie-Wood Wallis Currie-Wood (born December 12, 1991) is an American actress. She played Stephanie "Stevie" McCord in the CBS drama '' Madam Secretary''. Early years Wallis Currie-Wood was born December 12, 1991 in Austin, Texas. Career Before attendi ...
. Stevie briefly attended Lovell University. Upon dropping out, she moved back with her parents and two younger siblings. After working for some time, she resumed her studies at Georgetown University. At one point, she applied to Harvard Law school but didn't follow through. In the third season, Stevie begins serving as an intern to Russell Jackson; when Jackson suffers a heart attack, Stevie saves his life by performing CPR on him. The show explores Stevie's challenges with her romantic partners, Arthur Gilroy, her 39-year-old boss while working at Microloan; her childhood friend Harrison Dalton, who was newly out of rehab and still struggling with addiction; Jareth Glover, a British astrophysicist to whom she was engaged for over a year before calling it off; and Alexander Mehranov, who turns out to be Henry's CIA asset/analyst Dmitri Petrov; she eventually reconciles with Dmitri and they marry in the sixth-season finale.


Alison McCord

Allison McCord is Henry and Elizabeth's middle child, whose nickname is 'Noodle'. She and Stevie do not get along well and Stevie is often condescending to Alison for her innocence. She is portrayed by Kathrine Herzer.


Jason McCord

Jason McCord is Henry and Elizabeth's youngest child and only son. He is an outspoken anarchist and conspiracy theorist. He is portrayed by
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.


Russell Jackson

Russell Jackson is the White House Chief of Staff and right-hand man to President Conrad Dalton. He is portrayed by
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. Early into Elizabeth's term as Secretary of State, Russell frequently clashed with her due to her unorthodox diplomatic style and lack of political experience. However, they eventually grew to trust each other, as they worked together to oust Dalton's National Security Advisor Craig Sterling (
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) and eventually Russell admitted that he'd like to see her succeed Dalton as president. In "The Unnamed", it is revealed that Russell met Dalton just after the latter's unsuccessful run for Governor of California. Russell retired after the end of President Dalton's term, but was rehired by President McCord after her acting Chief of Staff Mike B refused to take the job full-time. His political career has taken a toll on his long-standing marriage, which nearly ends in the sixth season.


Nadine Tolliver

Nadine Tolliver is the
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Elizabeth McCord. She is portrayed by
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. A law school graduate, Nadine is a veteran politician who worked for Secretary of State Vincent Marsh since he was a Senator, and the two of them carried on a six-year affair that ended with his death. Due to her closeness with Marsh, it took Nadine a while to warm up to his replacement, but Elizabeth eventually won her over. Nadine also served as an unofficial den-mother to the employees of the Seventh Floor. In the fourth season, Nadine retired from the State Department and moved to the
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to be closer to her son and his girlfriend, who were expecting their first child.


Kat Sandoval

Katelyn "Kat" Sandoval is the policy advisor to Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord. She once served as the Chief of Staff to the
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, but left politics to become an avocado farmer in California after allegedly throwing a chair at a difficult diplomat. She is bisexual, divorced, and has a child named Desi. She is portrayed by
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.


Mike Barnow

Mike Barnow (
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) is a political official who is said to drift between the
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departments. He is a
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who turned his brilliant legal career into a promising political career that was cut short by a scandalous divorce six years prior to his first appearance in the series. He is often seen assisting Secretary McCord. During the fifth season, Mike runs Elizabeth's campaign for president and, after her election, he serves as her interim White House Chief of Staff (a job he did not want) for her first 100 days in office, until Elizabeth convinces Russell Jackson to come out of retirement; Mike subsequently becomes
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(the position he originally wanted in her administration).


Recurring characters


Vincent Marsh

The first
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in the Dalton administration, Vincent Marsh (portrayed by
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) is a former Senator who had ambitions of being President. He was killed in a plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean in 2014. He was succeeded by Elizabeth McCord, who investigated his death and learned that he was part of an attempted
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against Iran, but was killed by his co-conspirators when he began having doubts about the plan.


Ellen Hill

The first female Chairwoman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
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Ellen Hill, USN (portrayed by
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) established a strong working friendship with the newly appointed
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Elizabeth McCord, often bonding over the difficulties of being a woman in such high political positions. She retired from the Navy in 2015, and was succeeded as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs by Gen. Kelsey Reeves. Since "On the Clock", Ret. Adm. Hill has been serving as the
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, taking over for Craig Sterling. Adm. Hill's son, 1st Lieutenant Andrew Hill,
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, is an
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graduate who Prof. McCord helped file for
conscientious objector A conscientious objector (often shortened to conchie) is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The term has also been extended to object ...
status after he realized that he would never be able to take a life, no matter how justified the action or noble the cause.


Ed Parker

A flag officer in the
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
, Admiral Ed Parker (
Tony Plana José Antonio Plana (born April 19, 1952) is a Cuban actor and director. He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show ''Ugly Betty'' and for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video game ''Grim ...
) is often found running military operations in the
White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. ...
Situation Room The Situation Room, officially known as the John F. Kennedy Conference Room, is a conference room and intelligence management center in the basement of the West Wing of the White House. It is run by the National Security Council staff for the ...
. In the sixth season, ADM Parker was relieved of duty and taken into custody for leaking a story about President McCord sending in
United States Navy SEALs The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting sma ...
on a dangerous mission (during which they endured casualties) instead of automated
unmanned ground vehicle An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is a vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground and without an onboard human presence. UGVs can be used for many applications where it may be inconvenient, dangerous, or impossible to have a human op ...
s, telling her that a commander's duty was to the safety of his or her men.


Ming Chen

Elizabeth's Chinese counterpart, Ming Chen (Chinese: 陈明) (
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), serves as the
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (; ''Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Wàijiāobù Bùzhǎng'') is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's most imp ...
. He and Elizabeth are frequently on opposite sides and consider each other worthy adversaries. As they are both courting African countries for economic partnerships, Chen and Elizabeth have a more in-depth conversation about their motivations and he tells her that his father was killed during the
Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...
. Following this conversation, the two adversaries lament that they will now have to see each other as friends as well. In the fifth season, Chen is considered one of the potential successors to Chinese President Li and began amassing support from the National People's Congress delegates to secure his accession. However, when a fire breaks out in an Italian sweatshop owned by a Chinese company, the US files a complaint against China's labor conditions in order to draw it into an agreement on improving labour rights. China retaliates by imposing tariffs on US goods, and Chen also insists to Elizabeth that the US needs to stand down, leading her to conclude that he is hoping to become China's next president, a situation that would improve relations between their two countries considerably. However, Chen soon receives word that President Li, breaking the precedents set by his predecessors, will reappoint himself for a five-year term. In defiance of his superiors, Chen, his daughter and his top aide visit the location of the fire and lay a wreath before it. The friendship between the two comes to the fore in the penultimate episode of the series, when a confrontation between Chinese and American vessels in the South China Sea results in the deaths of 24 American sailors. President Li refuses to back down in front of Elizabeth, who is now
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. Eager to prevent the crisis from escalating, Elizabeth secretly meets Chen in New York to broker a deal. During a conversation similar to many they have had in the past, Elizabeth tells Chen about her daughter's upcoming wedding to Dmitri Petrov and her hope that they will be able see their children grow up. Chen congratulates her and they successfully negotiate a compromise to end to the crisis. Chen is seen one last time, in a non-speaking role, as a guest at Stevie McCord and Dmitri Petrov's White House wedding in the final episode.


Craig Sterling

The new
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in the second season, Craig Sterling (Julian Acosta) is a former
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official and a former, bitter rival of Secretary McCord, who considered Sterling to be a self-serving, arrogant, and overly-ambitious. Following his appointment into his office, Sterling behaves sycophantically towards President Dalton and antagonistically towards McCord and Russell Jackson. Eventually, McCord and Jackson realize that Sterling had been working to sabotage them in order to influence Dalton unhindered, as well as escalate tensions with Russia into warfare. Afterwards the two to conspire to force Sterling to resign.


Dmitri Petrov

Originally a
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in the
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, Dmitri Petrov (
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) is attending the
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when his ethics professor, Henry McCord, recruits him on behalf of the
Defense Intelligence Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence. A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the I ...
to become an American spy in exchange for getting his sick sister medical care in
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,
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. During the Russian conflict with the
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, Petrov serves on the staff of the General Vladimir Doroshevich, Russia's ranking officer, while spying for the Americans. As part of the peace negotiations, the United States agrees to give up the identity of their spy in the Russian Army in exchange for Russian withdrawal from the Ukraine theatre, leaving Petrov captured and imprisoned for treason and espionage by his native Russia. Eventually, as a result of this betrayal, and after much agonizing on the
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and ethics of the decision by Elizabeth and Henry McCord, at the end of the second season, Petrov is sent to America in a prisoner exchange and subsequently given a new identity in
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. During the fourth season, Petrov begins working for the
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as an analyst under Henry McCord, who is now the head of the Special Activities Division; Petrov also starts secretly dating Stevie McCord after a chance meeting. When Petrov's identity is compromised to Russian intelligence after a failed operation under Henry McCord's supervision and an assassination attempt ensues on Petrov, Petrov is reassigned to Alaska for his safety, after an assassination attempt by Russian-inspired elements. In the sixth season, Petrov returns to Washington after Elizabeth McCord has attained the presidency, after she arranges an amnesty for past spies between the United States and Russia. Petrov reconciles with and marries Stevie.


Carlos Morejon

The junior (senior as of the fifth season) Senator from Arizona, Carlos Morejon (
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) is a political rival of both Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord and President Dalton, although he has been known to work with them on certain issues. In the fourth season, Senator Morejon begins serving as the Chairman of the
Senate Intelligence Committee The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (sometimes referred to as the Intelligence Committee or SSCI) is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the federal government of ...
. In the fifth season, he also sits on the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. It is generally responsible for overseeing and funding foreign aid pro ...
. In the sixth season, after hearing a rumour that he is being considered as a vice presidential candidate by her
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opponent, Elizabeth approaches Morejon and asks him to be her running mate. Morejon at first refuses, arguing that while he respects her and acknowledging the fact that they like each other personally, they remain rivals on almost every single issue. However, Elizabeth tells him that it was this difference of opinions that makes them perfect for each other, that no matter how much they have fought each other in the past, they have also known when to come together and compromise if it was necessary. Despite his initial reluctance, Morejon eventually agrees, and he is announced as Elizabeth's running mate. The McCord-Morejon ticket eventually defeats both the Republican and Democratic candidates and Carlos Morejon becomes
Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...
. As vice president, Morejon stirs up controversy when he prevents a Marine who has recently been decorated with the
Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...
by President McCord from testifying before a House committee in favour of veterans' care reform, a cause supported by Henry McCord. When the Marine dies publicly as a result of his
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, Morejon accompanies the McCords to the funeral. In a private conversation between himself and Elizabeth, he expresses regret that he did not let the Marine testify and reveals that he still has doubts about his presence in the McCord administration, doubts that Elizabeth guarantees to him that she does not share. He nevertheless remains steadfastly loyal to her when Republicans led by Senator Hanson try to impeach her, and breaks a tie in the Senate to confirm Elizabeth's nominee to the
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in a larger bid to regulate Big Tech companies.


Teresa Hurst

Conrad Dalton's
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during his second term, Teresa Hurst (portrayed by
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in the third season and by
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in the fourth season) is the former senior Senator of Pennsylvania whose strong politically moderate stances helped President Dalton win the election as an independent. It is also mentioned in "Mitya" that she served at least two terms as a Pennsylvania State Senator. In "Sound and Fury", Vice President Hurst becomes acting president of the United States for 2 months under Section 3 of the 25th Amendment when President Dalton takes a medical leave of absence. The longevity of her career is also hinted at as when President Dalton addresses the nation about the invocation of the 25th Amendment, he says that Hurst has been in politics and public life for 30 years.


Peter Harriman

A veteran of the
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, Ambassador Peter "Pete" Harriman (
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) served as the United States Special Envoy for
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and
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until his resignation in the fourth season. He was later appointed
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, which he held throughout the fifth season. In 1998, Ambassador Harriman was serving at the United States Embassy in
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, Uganda, during the
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, during which he was cited for saving lives but lost his girlfriend. Known as a cantankerous old man, Ambassador Harriman had a reputation as a man who inspired either "grudging respect" or "outright hostility" in others.


List of politicians


American politicians

* Executive branch ** President of the United States: *** Conrad Dalton (2013–2021) *** Elizabeth McCord (2021–present) *** Acting President of the United States: **** United States Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (October 4, 2015) **** Vice President Teresa Hurst (January 14, 2018 – March 25, 2018) ** Vice President of the United States: *** Mark Delgado (2013–2017) *** Teresa Hurst (2017–2021) *** Carlos Morejon (2021–present) ** White House Chief of Staff: *** Russell Jackson (2013–2021) *** Mike Barnow (acting, Jan-April 2021) *** Jay Whitman (2021–present) ** White House Press Secretary: *** Daisy Grant (2021) *** Angela Lopez (2021–present) ** Personal Secretary to the President of the United States: *** Lucy Knox (2015–2021) *** Blake Moran (2021–present) ** Counselor to the President: Mike Barnow (2021–present) ** White House Counsel: Olivia Mason (2021–present) ** Secretary of State: *** Vincent Marsh (2013–2014, killed) *** Elizabeth McCord (2014–2019, resigned) *** Assistant Secretary of State Susan Thompson (acting, 2019–2021) *** Susan Thompson (2021–present) ** Secretary of the Treasury: *** Max Quinn (2013–2014) *** Tom Brewer (2017–2021) ** Secretary of Defense: Gordon Becker (2013–2021) ** Attorney General: *** Mary Campbell (2013–2015) *** Louise Cronenberg (2015–2016) *** Unknown (Shown in "French Revolution") (2016–2017) *** Hank Nolan (2017–2021) ** Secretary of the Interior ** Secretary of Agriculture ** Secretary of Commerce: Mary Wilford (2017–2021) ** Secretary of Labor ** Secretary of Health and Human Services ** Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ** Secretary of Transportation ** Secretary of Energy: Singer (2018–2021) ("E Pluribus Unum") ** Secretary of Education ** Secretary of Veterans Affairs ** Secretary of Homeland Security ** National Security Advisor: *** Darren Kahn (2013–2015, retired) *** Craig Sterling (2015–2015, resigned) *** ADM Ellen Hill, USN (Ret.) (2016–2021) ** Director of National Intelligence: Ephraim Ware * Legislative branch ** United States Senators *** Senator Gates,
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(?–2015) ("The Show Must Go On") *** Senator Beau Carpenter,
Senate Majority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
(?–2017, incarcerated) *** United States Senator from Arizona Carlos Morejon, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (2015–2019) *** Senator Fred Reynolds *** United States Senator from Kentucky Owen Callister, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2018–present) *** Senator Mark Hanson, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee ***United States Senator from Illinois Junston Parisi ***United States Senator from Arizona Mark Stone ***United States Senator Raymond Carruthers ** United States House of Representatives *** Congressman Everard Burke, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee * Judicial branch ** Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court: Frawley * Other political appointments/officials ** Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff *** ADM Ellen Hill, USN (Ret.) (2013–2015) *** GEN Kelsey Reeves, US Army (2015–) ** Director of the Central Intelligence Agency *** Andrew Munsey (2013–2015) *** Sean Williams (2015–2015) *** Dennis Ellerman (2015–2016) *** Hugh Haymond (2016–) ** Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation *** Neil Hendricks (2013–2016) *** Keith Doherty (2016–2019) *** Amelia Banks (2021–present) ** Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Marguerite Sanchez (2015–)


Department of State personnel

* Secretary of State: ** Vincent Marsh (2013–2014, killed) ** Elizabeth McCord (2014–2019, resigned) ** Susan Thompson (Acting, 2019–2021) (2021–present) * Deputy Secretary of State: ** Steven Cushing (2013–2019, retired) ** Steven Bailey (2019–2019, resigned) * Chief of Staff: ** Nadine Tolliver (2013–2017, retired) ** Jay Whitman (2017–2019) * Personal assistant to the Secretary: ** Blake Moran (2014–2018) ** Nina Cummings (2018–present) * Head speechwriter: Matt Mahoney (2013–2019) * Press advisor: Daisy Grant (2013–2019) * Policy advisor: ** Jay Whitman (2013–2017) ** Kat Sandoval (2017–2019) * Assistant Policy Advisor: Blake Moran (2018–2019) * Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Susan Thompson (2014–2021) * Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Donna Parker (2014–present) * Chief of Protocol: Ambassador Cyril Quist (2014–present) * Ambassadors ** United States Ambassador to Yemen Paul Wellington (2013–present) ** Special Representative Allen Bollings, Chief Negotiator for the Iranian Peace Talks (2013–2014, fired) ** United States Ambassador to Myanmar Arlen Maxwell (2013–2016, fired) ** United States Ambassador to Algeria Roy Curtis (2013–2016, deceased) ** United States Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Peter Harriman (2014–2018, resigned) ** United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Julia MacDonald (2014–2017, resigned) ** United States Ambassador to Bulgaria Mitchell Williams (2014–present) ** United States Ambassador to the United Nations Peter Harriman (2018–2019, KIA) * Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Analyst Walter Novack


Foreign government officials

* Heads of State ** President of Nicaragua *** Mateo Sandino (1983–2014) *** Mateo Sandino, Jr. (2018–present) ** President of the Russian Federation *** Pavel Ostrov (2009–2015, deceased) *** Maria Ostrov (2015–2015, killed) *** Maxim Salnikov (2016–present) ** President of China Li (2014–present) ** Prime Minister of Iraq Omar Arif (2014–present) ** President of Venezuela Francisco Suarez (2014–2016, deceased) ** King of Bahrain Naheed Obaid (2014–present) ** President of Iran Najid Shiraz (2014–present) ** President of Ukraine Mikhail Bozek (2014–present) ** Prime Minister of India Jaya Verma (2014–present) ** Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan *** Khoosat (2014–2016, killed) *** Konstantin Abedi (2016–present) ** President of Algeria *** Aman Haddad (2014–2016, incarcerated) *** Mourad Cherat (2016–present) ** President of Vietnam Nguyen Van Lanh (2014–present) ** President of the Republic of Angola *** Damiano Bestilo (2014–2016) *** Bertilde Kalanga (2016–present) ** Prime Minister of Israel Aaronson (2014–present) ** Prime Minister of Mongolia Byambyn Sendoo (2014–present) ** President of Senegal Babacar Diome (2014–present) ** President of Togo Silvanus Fabre (2014–present) ** President of Timor-Leste Miguel Da Silva (2014–present) ** President of Mexico Mario Zaragoza (2014–present) ** President of Afghanistan Sharza (2014–present) ** President of Sri Lanka Tarindo Nandasiri (2014–present) ** President of Honduras Daphne Tejeda (2014–2018) ** President of Turkey Kozlu (2014–present) ** President of Poland Jozef Demko (2014–2019, resigned) ** Prime Minister of Italy Enzo Moretti (2014–present) ** President of Haiti *** Hervé Dupont (2014–2018) *** Claude Galbert (2018–present) ** President of the French Republic Leon Perrin (2016–present) ** President of the Philippines Datu Andrada (2017–present) ** President of Kyrgyzstan Kenatbek Nogoyev (2017–present) ** President of Myanmar U Khaing (2018–present) ** President of the Republic of Nauru David Akua (2019–present) * Foreign Ministers ** French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs *** Jean-Claude Dubois (2014–2016, retired) *** Monique Beauvais (2016–present) ** Foreign Minister of Russia *** Anton Gorev (2014–2015, assassinated) *** Konstantin Avdonin (2016–present) ** Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Ming Chen (2014–present) ** Foreign Secretary of India Chondita Samant (2014–present) ** Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey *** Ozan Canoglu (2014–2015) *** Hakan Uzan (2017–2018, fired) *** Baran Tarhan (2018–present) ** Foreign Minister of Ukraine Luka Melnick(2014–present) ** Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Konstantin Abedi (2014–2016, promoted) ** Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia Zuhair Mossadek (2014–present) ** Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Chi Duc (2014–present) ** Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico Pedro Gomez (2014–2017, arrested) ** Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran *** Zahed Javani (2015–2015, assassinated) *** Tousi (2016–present) * Ambassadors ** Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Zahed Javani (2014–2014, promoted) ** Israeli Ambassador to the United States of America Lior Dori (2014–present) ** Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States of America Prince Asim (2014–present) ** Italian Ambassador to the United States of America Vittorio Civarelli (2014–present) ** Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States of America Jean Aissatou (2014–present) * Others ** Defense Minister of Israel Weissberg (2014–present) ** Education Minister of Afghanistan Amina Salah (2014–2017, stepped down)


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