About President Bartlet's Family And Friends


-His wife's name is Abbey. (01-01 Pilot)
-He's known Leo McGarry for 40 years (according to Leo). (01-01 Pilot)
-He has a daughter named Elizabeth and she has a 12 year old daughter named Annie. (01-01 Pilot)
-His grandaughter gave him a tie. (01-03 APR)
-He has been married for 32 years. (01-04 5VD)
-His youngest daughter is named Zoey. (01-05 TCATW)
-He is a very over protective father. (01-06 MWOO)
-His daughter Zoey is 19 years old. (01-06 MWOO)
-He gave permission for Charlie and Zoey to date. (01-11 LJM)
-Leo has only once called him Jed since he took office. (01-12 HSFTTT)
-He didn't tell Leo of the rest of the senior staff about his MS. (01-12 HSFTTT)
-Leo is his best friend. (01-12 HSFTTT)
-He doesn't remember seeing Abby study in Med. school. (01-12 HSFTTT)
-He is the one Leo called when he was lying face down in the mud, passed out in the hotel parking lot. (01-12 HSFTTT)
-He doesn't like Leo's old friend Simon Bly. (01-13 TOTTD)
-When he tries to handle Abbey he gets a little punishment at the other end of the building. (01-17 WHPA)
-Abbey's friends Phyllis and Susan don't like him. (01-17 WHPA)
-It still bugs him that Abbey dated Ron Erlich for 9 months 30 years ago. (01-17 WHPA)
-He sometimes calls Abbey Dr. Bartlet for the turn on. (01-20 MM)
-He offered to go home with Josh after his father died, even though he was supposed to be giving a victory speech. (2-2 ITSOTG2)
-He (and Leo) were at Josh's bedside when he woke from surgery after Josh was shot during the assassination attempt made on Charlie Young. (2-2 ITSOTG2)
-He has a brother named Jonathon. (2-3 TM) (2-16 SGTE,SGTJ)
-He's not crazy about Leo's sister Josephine "All About Eve" McGarry. (2-8 Shibboleth)
-He gave the carving knife Paul Revere made and gave to his family to Charlie. (2-8 Shibboleth)
-He had a deal with Abbey that he would only serve one term as President because of his MS. (2-14 TWAH)
-He's had reporters banned from speaking to any of his daughters. (2-15 Ellie)
-His middle daughter's name is Eleanor and she is 24 years old. (2-15 Ellie)
-His brother once locked him in a steamer trunk, with steamers and seafood. (2-16 SGTE,SGTJ)
-He believes Josh is a lot smarter than Leo. (2-17 TSF)
-He's known Oliver Babbish for awhile, their kids know each other and they've built hospitals together. (2-19 BMR)
-He offered to write Mrs. Landingham a cheque for the difference of what she was to pay for her new car and what she should have paid for her new car. (2-21 18&P)
-His Secretary, Dolores Landingham died when a drunk driver hit her car at 18th and Potomac - Leo was the one who told him she died. (2-21 18&P)
-Mrs. Landingham was originally his father's secretary. The secretary before her was named Mrs. Tillinghouse. (2-22 2C)
-His father was the headmaster of his school. (2-22 2C)
-He is the eldest brother. (2-22 2C)
-He got free tuition for attending his fathers school. (2-22 2C)
-He called his father 'sir' so the other guys at the school wouldn't feel uncomfortable. (2-22 2C)
-He is Catholic because his mother is Catholic. (2-22 2C)
-According to Mrs. Landingham, he needed a big sister so she took on that role. (2-22 2C)
-According to Mrs. Landingham, his father was a prick who could never get over the fact that he wasn't as smart as his brothers. (2-22 2C)

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