White House Council Ainsley Hayes
Portrayed by Emily Procter (2000-2001)


-Her father was a Republican and his father was the state chairman of the North Carolina Republican party. (2-4 ITWH)
-C.J, Toby, Sam and Josh all tried to decorate her office a bit to welcome her. (2-5 AISTTC)
-She first came to the White House's attention when she appeared on Capitol Beat opposite Sam. (2-4 ITWH)
-She's written columns. (2-4 ITWH)
-She clerked for Supreme Court Justice Dryford. (2-4 ITWH)(2-5 AISTTC)
-Bartlet himself decided to hire her. He felt she is smart and feels a sense of civic duty. (2-4 ITWH)
-She's a lawyer. (2-4 ITWH)
-She works as an assistant White House council reporting to the deputy White House council and the Chief White House Council. (2-4 ITWH)
-Her office is #442 which is the steampipe trunk distribution venue. (2-5 AISTTC)
-She's a Republican. (2-4 ITWH)
-She'd never done TV before Capitol Beat. (2-4 ITWH)
-She has an interesting conversational style caused by nerves. (2-4 ITWH)
-She gets sick when she drinks too much. (2-4 ITWH)
-She was a young Republican. (2-4 ITWH)
-Leo has seen her FBI file. (2-4 ITWH)
-She doesn't have any pets but was thinking of getting one. (2-4 ITWH)
-She enjoys Gilbert & Sullivan. (2-5 AISTTC)
-She's from North Carolina. (2-6 TLDC)
-She went to Harvard Law School. (2-6 TLDC)
-She thinks Danny Kincannon is cute. (2-6 TLDC)
-She likes Fresca. (2-7 TPT)
-She played the trombone. (2-7 TPT)
-The first time she met President Bartlet he walked into her office as she was dancing, wearing a bathrobe and drinking a pink squirrel. (2-13 BTSOTU)
-The second time she met President Bartlet she'd hid in a closet which she believed was a washroom. (2-14 TWAH)
-Bartlet thinks her father is proud of her. (2-14 TWAH)
-She attended Smith College. (2-18 17P)
-She doesn't agree with the ERA. (2-18 17P)
-A guy named Kirk finished decorating her office. (2-19 BMR)

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