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- Rep. John Baxley (D) (Season 4)
- Rep. Bill (D) — John Bennett Perry
- Rep. Earl Brennan (D- Connecticut ): Josh Lyman used to work for him.
- Rep. Raymond Burns (D) — Austin Tichenor (Ep. 1.12)
- Rep. Calhoun (D) — Joe O'Connor (Ep. 1.17; 3.10)
- Rep. Bertram Coles (D): Considered to be a “ Blue Dog " conservative (along the lines of real-life Zell Miller ). Threatened the President during a radio interview, inviting retribution from Toby Ziegler. (This incident was based on a similar threat made to Bill Clinton by then-Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina).)
- Rep. Delany (D- Delaware )- (Ep. 4.8) Shown as the winner on Election Night TV broadcasts. Defeated Robertson (R) in 2002.
- Rep. Fields (D- Texas ) Candidate for Speaker of the House after the 2006 Elections
- Rep. Diane Frost (D): On the Speaker's list for suggested cantidates for Vice President.
- Rep. Carol Gelsey (D- Florida )- (Season 7) Candidate to replace Leo McGarry as Vice President, Josh says she's second choice after Eric Baker .
- Rep. Goldman (D- Louisiana ). Defeats Attie in Louisiana's 7th Congressional District in 2002.
- Rep. Hootstein (D- Louisiana ) (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. Katzenmoyer (D-.
- Rep. Kimball (D- Tennessee ) — Cliff De Young
- Rep. Karen Kroft (D- Michigan ) — Lucinda Jenney : 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 confiramable.
- Rep. LeBrandt (D) (Ep. 1.4)
- Rep. Pete Lein (D- Texas ): 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 for marlin in the Galveston bay
- Rep. Jim Marino (D-OH): (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%.
- Rep. Maxwell (D- Michigan ) Elected to the 2nd District in 2002.
- Rep. Newhouse (D)
- Rep. Neonakis (D-Alabama). Defeats Miller in the 7th District by 37%.
- Rep. O’Bannon (D) (Ep. 1.4)
- Rep. Pratt (D) — Ronne Troup (Ep. 1.12)
- Rep. Becky Reeseman (D- Michigan ) — Amy 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-. Toby Ziegler's Congressman, represents part of Brooklyn .
- Rep. .
- Rep. Reed (D-TN). Reelected over Vasquez (R) by 24% in the 8th district.
- Rep. Mike Satchel (D- Oregon ) — Andrew Buckley (Ep. 1.19): Met with Sam and Toby over the issue of gays in the military.
- Rep. as President of the United States.]
- Rep. Len Segal (D) — or Minority Whip .
- Rep. Simmell (D) — or Minority Whip .
- Rep. Sind (D- Massachusetts ) (Ep.4.8). Defeated Handelman (R) in 2002.
- Rep. Neil Spencer (D- Hawaii )— Helped with an agriculture bill. Represents Honolulu.
- Rep. John Tandy (D) — Brian Baker
- Rep. Thiele (D- 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 ) — Michael McGuire (Ep. 1.4): A moderate Democrat and strong proponent of gun rights.
- Rep. Bud Wachtell (D) — James Eckhouse
- Rep. Harry Wade (D) — Fred Ornstein
- Rep. Christopher Wick (D) — Jay Underwood (Ep. 1.4): Friend of Josh Lyman's from college.
- Rep. Joe Willis (D- Ohio ) — Al Fann (Ep. 1.6): Temporarily replacing his wife, who died in office.
- Rep. and mother of their twins, Huck and Molly. Senior Member of the House Foreign Relations Committee. Survived bombing in "Gaza".
- Rep. Jim Arkin (R)
- Rep. Broderick (R)
- Rep. Joseph Bruno (R-, and chairman of the committee investigating President Bartlet's concealment of his multiple sclerosis. Is called by Leo McGarry “a reasonable guy" and appears to be a moderate Republican.
- Rep. Buchanan (R- Virginia ) (Season 3)
- Rep. Cahn (R- Ohio ). Defeats Jones in Ohio's 6th Congressional District in 2002.
- Rep. Cameron (R) (Ep. 1.16)
- Rep. Dade (R) (Season 2)
- Rep. Paul Dearborn (R- Utah ) — Steven Gilborn
- Rep. Duke (R)
- Rep. Erickson (R- Pennsylvania )
- Rep. Eaton (R)
- Rep. Eeling (R-North Carolina). Represents the 5th congressional district of North Carolina. Defeated Rusnak (D) by 32%.
- Rep. Erikson (R- Pennsylvania ) — Mark Hutter
- Rep. Darren Gibson (R- Michigan ) — David St. James
- Rep. Gladman (R) — Kenneth Tigar (Ep. 1.6)
- Rep. .
- Rep. Jim Hohner (R) - Preceded Glen Allen Walken as Speaker Of The House .
- Rep. Tom Landis (R- 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 ) — Cherry Jones : 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. Lillienfield (R) — Holmes Osborne (Ep. 1.9): Outed Leo as a recovering Valium addict for political gain and to embarrass the White House.
- Rep. Owens (R-Missouri). Reelected in the 7th District by 17% over Nawrot (D).
- Rep. Rathburn (R) — Tom Waring
- Rep. Riddle (R-Florida) defeats Foister (D) in 2002.
- Rep. Palmer (R-Maryland) defeats Oates (D) in 2002.
- Rep. Satch (R)
- Rep. Henry Shallick (R-Missouri) —
- Rep. Simpson (R- Iowa )
- Rep. Matt Skinner (R) — Charley Lang (Ep. 1.6; 1.8; 2.7): Liberal Republican and homosexual.
- Rep. Somerfold (R-Michigan). Won reelection with 64%.
- Rep. Tomlinson (R)
- Rep. Chuck Webb (R- in a special election. Webb once challenged another Representative to a fist-fight on the floor of the House Of Representatives during a debate about gun control. (May have been based on Gerald B.H. Solomon .)
- Rep. 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. Whitley (R- New York )- (Ep. 4.8). Defeated Reeler (D) in 2002.
- Rep. Wooden (R) (Ep. 1.15)
- Rep. Christopher Finn — Frank Ashmore : Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Armed Services.
- Rep. Rick Pintero — Juan Garcia (Season 3): Suggested the Marriage Incentives compromise.
- Rep. Grant Samuels (Ep. 2.3): Died of pneumonia.
- Rep. Widen ( Pennsylvania ) (Ep. 1.6)
- Rep. Wilder ( South Carolina ) (Ep. 1.6)
- Senator Aiello (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator Avery (D- California )
- Senator Bennett (D- North Carolina ) (Ep. 4.5) Does spin for Robert Ritchie during the 2002 Presidential debates.
- Senator Brainderd (D): Female
- Senator Calvin Bowles (D- Kentucky ): An aging moderate Democrat who wants a mobile bio lab to be put in his state, which instead went to Texas.
- Senator Cambridge (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator Crandell (D- Colorado )
- Senator Dane (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator Englemann (D- New Hampshire ) (Ep. 4.8) Shown as the winner on Election Night television broadcasts. Defeated Waterson (R) in 2002.
- Senator Jack Enlow (D- Illinois ) — Robin Thomas : Ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee.
- Senator Franco (D- Indiana )
- Senator Fuller (D- Maine ) Defeated in 2006.
- Senator Gianelli (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator platform in the 2002 Election .
- Senator Grace (D)
- Senator Greys (D)
- Senator Tom Grissom (D- Washington ): A grandfather who agreed to assist with the Stackhouse filibuster
- Senator Grace Harding (D- Georgia ): Freshman Democratic Senator in 2003.
- Senator Huntington (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator Michael Jackson (D) — Larry Brandenburg (Season 4)
- Senator Kelly (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator Kim (D- Arkansas )
- Senator Kinier (D- Connecticut )
- Senator Ryan Lyndell (D- Massachusetts ): Possible nominee for Vice President after the resignation of John Hoynes, but was not considered confirmable.
- Senator Martinson (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator McKenna (D- Pennsylvania ). Defeated in 2006.
- Senator Tony Marino (D-.
- Senator Oliom (D-Missouri) defeated Danquist (R) in 2002.
- Senator Roland Pierce (D) — , as they suggest he comes from a Kennedyesque family with deep political connection as hinted by his nephew, he is also a heavy drinker.
- Senator Ramsey (D)
- Senator Rathburn (D) (Ep. 1.16)
- Senator Andy Ritter (D) — John Rubinstein (Seasons 1-2)
- Senator Ricky Rafferty — Mel Harris (Season 6): briefly a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2006 election.
- Senator Roanoke (D)
- Senator Rossiter (D) — Robert Walden : Has an ideological opposition to lawsuit against tobacco companies. Former US Attorney. On Judiciary Committee.
- Senator Lloyd Russell (D) — - abandons campaign before he got started. Briefly hired and dated Mandy Hampton .
- Senator Howard Stackhouse (D- to secure money for Autism research. Ran a liberal third-party candidacy for the Presidency in 2002 but later endorsed President Bartlet.
- Senator Starkey (D) — H.M. Wynant : On the Speaker's list for suggested cantidates for Vice President.
- Senator Tripplehorn (D) — .
- Senator Turner (D)
- Senator Warren (D) — Richard McGonagle : Has an ideological opposition to lawsuit against tobacco companies. Former US Attorney.
- Senator White (D) — Helen Duffy (Season 4)
- Senator William Wiley (D- Primary campaign
- Senator Ford (R) (Season 2)
- Senator Rafe Framingham (R- Florida ) — Brian Dennehy
- Senator Joseph Furman (R): 90 years old in 2003 ; President Pro Tempore Of The United States Senate . (Apparently based on Strom Thurmond .)
- Senator Gaines (R)
- Senator Hammond (R) (Season 2)
- Senator Matt Hunt (R- Arizona ): Member of the Armed-Services committee.
- Senator. Kalmbach (R- Maryland ) (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 (R) — , Redneck Son-of-a-bitch ".
- Senator Miner (R) (Season 2)
- Senator Morgan Mitchell (R- Pennsylvania ): Defeated Tony Marino in the 2000 mid term elections.
- Senator Ramsey (R-Minnesota). Reelected in 2006. Won 52% compared to the Democratic Candidate Douglass' 40%.
- Senator Robert Royce (R-.
- Senator Stacy (R) (Season 2)
- Senator Swayne (R- Rhode Island ) Season 7, President-Elect Matt Santos considered him for Secretary of Defense
- Senator Randall Thomas (R- Michigan ) — Tom McCarthy
- Senator , although there is no physical resemblance.)
- Senator Webster (R- Virginia )
- Senator Sam Wendt (R- South Carolina ): 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.
- Senator Howard Weston (R)
- Senator Breach
- Senator Chris Carrick (D- in 2003 . (Believed to be based loosely on Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont , a Republican who, in 2001, became an independent.)
- Senator Kasey
- Senator Choate — Mary-Pat Green
- Senator Larkin
- Senator Lindsay — Sarah Benoit
- Senator McGowen
- Senator McNamara
- Senator Newberry
- Senator Taglio
- Chief Justice Roy Ashland — Milo O'Shea : Aging liberal Chief Justice who resigned in 2004 and replaced by Evelyn Baker Lang, the first woman Chief Justice.
- Chief Justice Evelyn Baker Lang — Glenn Close (Season 5): Replaced Roy Ashland, who resigned in 2004. Considered 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.
- Justice Roberto Mendoza — Edward James Olmos (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.
- Justice Christopher Mulready — .)
- Justice Joseph Crouch — Mason Adams (Ep. 1.9): Aging liberal justice who retired in 2000 and was replaced by Roberto Mendoza. Did not like President Bartlet.
- Justice Owen Brady: Young conservative who died in 2004. Replaced by Christopher Mulready.
- Justice Brannigan
- Justice Carmine
- Justice Clark
- Justice Dreifort: Conservative justice who Ainsley Haines clerked for. White House Counsel Lionel Tribbey describes him as "an idiot" and as being "intolerant toward Gays , Lesbians , Blacks , Unions , women, Poor people, and the First , Fourth , Fifth , and Ninth Amendments." (Ep. 2.5)
- Justice Hoyt
- Justice LaFayette
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:
Brannigan, Carmine, Clark, Dreifort, Hoyt, LaFayette, Lang, Mendoza, Mulready.
- Gabriel "Gabe" Tillman (D- 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.
- ; defeated by the incumbant, President Bartlet.
- Jack Buckland (D- winner. Would have challenged the President in the 2002 primaries but was talked out of it by Josh Lyman . Became Secretary Of Labor .
- Mike Reed (R- nomination. Gave keynote speech at the Republican National Convention , known as the "eight is enough" speech attacking the Bartlet administration (which was in its eighth year in office).
- Peggy Wade (R- Oklahoma ): President Bartlet dislikes her. The feeling is apparently mutual.
- from the floor of the convention. Withdrew after fallout due to the discovery of his lack of disclosure of his wife’s medical condition.
- Edward Pratt (R- Tennessee ) — Doug Ballard : Meets with the President to discuss increasing instances of arson against the black churches in his state.
- .
- Hutchins (D- Michigan ) defeated Parsons (R) in 2002. (4.8)
- Ken Cochran, Ambassador to was discovered.
- Ross Kassenbach, Ambassador to .
- Chris von Rutte, Ambassador to Switzerland — Wolf Muser (Season 4)
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