The President of the United States of America is the elected head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
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The president is indirectly elected to a four year term to a four-year term by the people through an Electoral College. Since the office was established in 1789, 44 people have served as president spanning 45 presidencies. Here is a list of individuals who've served as president in Scandal.
| President | Term of Office | Elections won | Political Party | Vice President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Edward Randolph Cooper | January 20, 1983 | January 20, 1991 | 1982 1986 |
Republican | George H. W. Bush | |
| 41 | George H. W. Bush | January 20, 1991 | January 20, 1995 | 1990 | Republican | Dan Quayle | |
| 42 | Bill Clinton | January 20, 1995 | January 20, 2003 | 1994 1998 |
Democratic | Al Gore | |
| 43 | George W. Bush | January 20, 2003 | January 20, 2011 | 2002 2006 |
Republican | Dick Cheney | |
| 44 | Fitzgerald Grant | January 20, 2011 | January 20, 2019 | 2010 2014 |
Republican | Sally Langston, Andrew Nichols, Susan Ross | |
| 45 | Mellie Grant | January 20, 2019 | Incumbent | 2018 | Republican | Luna Vargas, Cyrus Beene | |
Edward Randolph Cooper †
Randolph Cooper did not physically appear in the show but his wife First Lady Bitsy Cooper made an appearance in An Innocent Man. He died in 2013, the first year of President Grants second term.
Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III
Fitz Grant, a Republican, was the 44th President of The United States of America, he was Governor of California before becoming President. He was inaugurated on January 20, 2011 and his Presidency ended on January 20, 2019. He had three Vice Presidents: Sally Langston, who resigned after running for President herself, Andrew Nichols, who was put in a coma/killed after kidnapping Olivia Pope and Susan Ross. He is the only President in history to have 3 Vice Presidents
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Sally Langston
Sally Langston, Sally was the acting Commander-In-Chief and President after Fitz Grant’s attempted assasination.
Francisco Vargas †
Francisco Vargas, a Democrat, was going to be the 45th President of The United States of America, until he was assassinated by Rowan; who was ordered and blackmailed by Theodore Peus and Samantha Ruland. His Vice President would have been Cyrus Beene.
Mellie Grant
Mellie Grant, a Republican, is the 45th and the current President of The United States of America, she was U.S. Senator from Virginia and First Lady of the United States before becoming President. She was inaugurated as the First Woman President on January 20, 2019. She chose Jake Ballard as her running mate at the 2018 Republican Convention, however he later resigned in December of 2018. She has had 2 Vice Presidents: Luna Vargas, widower to President-elect Francisco Vargas and Cyrus Beene. Cyrus was appointed to fill the vacant position after the death of Vice President Luna Vargas. However, he resigned and the Vice President who filled up the position is unknown.
