The following is a list of fictional presidents of the United States, K through M.
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President David Arnold Dieter "Dad" Kampferhaufe President in: Death of a Politician by Richard Condon (1978 novel) Former World War Two general Vice president was Walter Bodmor Slurrie. Party: Republican
President Charles Foster Kane President in: Back in the USSA by Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman. Kane is Theodore Roosevelt's running mate in 1912. They are elected over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft and Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson. However, on December 19, 1912, Roosevelt is assassinated at the Union Stockyards in Chicago, Illinois by Annie Oakley when personally breaking a labor strike with the help of the Rough Riders. With this being less than three months before the inauguration, Kane is inaugurated as the 28th president on March 4, 1913, as a result. He brings the US into World War I after the RMS Titanic sinks on October 9, 1914. Reelected in 1916 over Taft and Wilson (who is assassinated in February 1917, possibly by Kane's agents). Kane's policies cause great unrest and he is overthrown and executed by a communist revolution. Serves as the analog to Russian Tzar Nicholas II. Party: Progressive
President Florentyna Kane President in: The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President? Kane (née Rosnovski) becomes the first woman president after her predecessor dies of a heart attack while jogging. Party: Democratic
President Rufus Kane President in: The Life of Mary Marlin (1930s radio show) Asks Iowa Senator Mary Marlin to marry him
President Kang President in: "Treehouse of Horror VII" (The Simpsons) Kang is elected president in 1996 after he and his companion Kodos capture and impersonate presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole when informed by Homer Simpson of that year's presidential election. After accidentally ejecting both the real Clinton and Dole into deep space while trying to rescue them, Homer exposes the two aliens to the world. However, Kang and Kodos declare that the two-party system meant that the people still have to vote for one of them, scoffing at one bystander's suggestion of voting for a third-party candidate instead (much to Ross Perot's chagrin). Shortly after his election, Kang enslaves humanity (or at least the population of the United States) and orders the construction of a death ray to be aimed at a planet that "nobody's ever heard of". Played by: Harry Shearer (voice) Party: Republican.
President Roberto Katze
President in: Toaru Majutsu no Index by Kazuma Kamachi He is the third Hispanic President. Party: Unknown
President Ed Kealty
President in: The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy Ed Kealty took over the presidency after President Robby Jackson was assassinated. Kealty previously failed to secure the presidency when he tried to say he never officially resigned after the events of Debt of Honor's final pages. Party: Democratic
President Elizabeth Keane President-elect, later president in: Homeland First female to be elected president, replacing President Morse. Native of Lake Placid and former junior senator from New York. Divorced from Aaron Keane, an anthropologist. Votes in favor of the Iraq War, but later develops anti-war sentiments after her son Andrew Keane died during the conflict. Runs for president in 2016. She nominated her former primary challenger Ralph Warner as her running mate, who later becomes her vice president. Evacuated to a safehouse after a terrorist attack in Midtown Manhattan takes place near her transition offices, but later returns against the advice of the Secret Service. Survives two assassination attempts orchestrated by rogue elements of the US government, the United States Army and the United States Intelligence Community. She is subjected to a smear campaign intended to discredit her before her inauguration or to force her resignation, with rogue intelligence officers and conservative talk-show host Brett O'Keefe spreading misinformation via bots that Andrew Keane died while deserting (instead of trying to save his wounded comrades). As a result of the attempts on her life, Keane becomes the first president to be inaugurated behind closed doors. She later develops severe paranoia as a result of the attempts on her life, which culminates in her administration extending the PATRIOT Act and using the new provisions to carry out a mass arrest of government and intelligence officials she suspected conspired against her, detaining many without probable cause. This move causes her administration to be investigated by Arizona Senator Sam Paley, who desires to appoint a special prosecutor with regard to her actions. She personally advocates that General Jamie McClendon, one of the main conspirators in her assassination attempt, should be given the death penalty during his court martial, and is infuriated upon hearing he is only given life imprisonment. Keane orders O'Keefe's arrest, but he flees, continuing to broadcast his talk show whilst on the run. The manhunt ends in O'Keefe's arrest following a deadly shootout between the FBI and a family of anti-Keane O'Keefe fans in backwoods Virginia. Her administration is later targeted by information warfare masterminded by the Russian government and the GRU in an attempt to trigger a constitutional crisis and to discredit and remove her from office. This campaign implicates her White House Chief of Staff David Wellington in the death of General McClendon, and leverages the Paley investigation by feeding him false information, and by manipulating Carrie Mathison, aggrieved by Keane's actions against the Intelligence Community, into presenting a fabricated link between Wellington and McClendon's death. Machinations by Paley and Warner result in them attempting to get the Cabinet of the United States to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Keane from office, arguing that her poor management shows she is unable to discharge the duties of the office. Keane attempts to circumvent this by firing certain members of the cabinet, but the Supreme Court of the United States rules that the method she employed to fire them was unlawful, and that they can remain. The 25th Amendment is officially invoked: Keane is removed and Warner takes over. She is reinstated after testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee by Russian agent Simone Martin absolves Keane of any wrongdoing, and fully reveals the extent of the Russian interference in her administration. However, knowing that her reputation has been tainted in the public eye and that the American people need a leader they can trust to save American democracy, she resigns in favor of Warner. Secret Service codename: Big Apple Political Party: Implied to be Democratic Played by: Elizabeth Marvel
President Matthew Keating President in: The Presidents Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson A former Navy SEAL who was medically discharged after surviving a helicopter crash in Afghanistan that shattered his hip. After leaving the service, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 7th district, where he served on the House Financial Services Committee. Became the running mate to Senator Martin Lovering on his presidential campaign, which divided the Party. Became the president after President Lovering's death of an aortic aneurysm. Served less than a full term; became the first president in American history to be defeated in the primary by his own vice president, Pamela Barnes. Married to Professor (Dr.) Samantha Keating, an archaeologist by trade; together, they have a daughter, Melanie R. "Mel" Keating, who was a teenager during her father's presidential term. Inherited from President Lovering his Chief of Staff Jack Lyon, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Horace McCoy, National Security Advisor Sandra Powell, and Secretary of Defense Pridham Collum; later nominated and appointed, among others, retired Army Brigadier General Sarah Palumbo the Deputy National Security Advisor for the National Security Council, Lisa Blair as the Director of the FBI, and Kimberly Bouchard as Secretary of the Air Force. After the completion of his term, retired to New Hampshire where he is assisted by his Chief of Staff Madeline Perry and the Special Agent-in-Charge of his Secret Service detail David Stahl. Plans to run against incumbent President Pamela Barnes in the next Presidential Primary Election.
President John Keeler
45th President in: 24 Played by: Geoffrey Pierson 2005–2006 Keeler is elected after President David Palmer withdrew from the race. As part of a day of unprecedented terrorist strikes, Air Force One is shot down, critically injuring Keeler and killing dozens of others including the president's son, Kevin; Vice President Charles Logan becomes acting president. His fate is never revealed, though Logan becomes president (no longer acting) 18 months later, likely indicating that Keeler died from his injuries. Previously served as a United States senator from Minnesota, Minnesota Secretary of State, and in the U.S. Army Reserve Party: Republican Buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
President Tim Kegan President in: Winter Kills, book by Richard Condon and film Assassinated president who is never fully seen during one flashback scene in movie.
President Keith President in: "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury Recently elected at story's opening.
President Kellogg President in Man of the Year Incumbent Democrat up for reelection Due to faulty electronic voting equipment produced by the computer company Delacroy, it is believed that he lost the election to Independent candidate and former news satirist Tom Dobbs. However, after being contacted by discredited ex-Delacroy employee Eleanor Green, Dobbs reveals the truth about Delacroy's voting technology, the attempted cover-up and his desire to return to satire on an episode of Saturday Night Live, with Kellogg being re-elected in a special do-over election. His second term was described as being "not great, but better".
President Joshua Francis Kellogg President in: Joshua Son of None, by Nancy Freedman Cloned from tissue taken from an unnamed president (strongly implied to be John F. Kennedy) shortly after his 1963 assassination, and deliberately raised so as to mimic President Kennedy's early life, in hopes of "re-creating" the original through similar formative experiences. Assassinated immediately after inauguration Cells taken from his body in order to make yet another clone.
President Robert Kempers President in: Quarantine (2000) President when terrorists unleash a genetically modified virus Gives the order to shoot down a passenger jet loaded with potentially sick children after it violates quarantine, but then rescinds it moments before the strike.
President Kendrick President in: Secret Justice by James W. Huston
President Francis Xavier Kennedy President in: Mario Puzo's The Fourth K Nephew of John F. Kennedy who served one term in the Senate. His first act as president is to donate his $40 million fortune to relieve the national debt. During his administration, the Pope is executed, his daughter kidnapped, and a bomb detonated in Manhattan. In retaliation, President Kennedy destroys the capital city of Dach in the fictional Arabian country of Sherbin. Kennedy is later reelected after an assassination attempt. President Kennedy is assassinated on Inauguration Day by a member of the same terrorist group that killed the Pope.
President Clark Kent
President in: Action Comics Annual #3 (1991) Pete Ross is running for president with Kent as his campaign manager. When an assassination attempt results in Ross' injury and reveals Kent's secret identity, Ross insists Superman take his place as the Democratic nominee.