The following is a list of fictional presidents of the United States, G through H.
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President Judy Gagwell President in Stop! That! Train! Played by: RuPaul Charles
President Joseph K Galbrain President in XIII (comics) and XIII: The Conspiracy In the comic and video game edition, Galbrain succeeds to the Presidency following the assassination of the popular President William Sheridan. The assassination prompts Sheridan's younger brother, Walter, to announce he is running for office at the next election against Galbrain. During Galbrain's term, a group of powerful people in the United States, calling themselves "The XX" ("The Twenty"), planned a coup during a war simulation exercise, using loyal SPADS soldiers, to replace US democracy with a totalitarian government. Unbeknownst to Galbrain, his close advisor and Secretary of Defense Calvin Wax was a senior leader of the plot, as was Walter Sheridan. Under Walter's orders, Wax convinced Galbrain to delay declaring a national emergency upon learning of the plot. Later, SPADS soldiers attack a military site Galbrain visits, with his life being saved by XIII, the man accused of William Sheridan's murder. However, the stress of the near assassination results in Galbrain resigning and dropping out of the race, clearing Walter's path to office. In the TV adaptation, Galbrain is sworn into office in November 2007 following the assassination of President Sally Sheridan during a Veteran's Day speech. Over the following few months, the US is plagued by a series of terrorist attacks and continued inability to find Sheridan's killer. Due to his administration's perceived inaction, Galbrain is challenged for re-election by Wally Sheridan, the Republican Governor of North Carolina and Sally's brother from the opposite party. Ahead of the 2008 presidential election, Galbrain is trailing in the polls. Unbeknownst to Galbrain, his Chief of Staff Calvin Wax, Defense Secretary Ellery Shipley and Wally Sheridan himself are co-conspirators in a plot to stage a de facto coup in the US. Together with their allies in business, media, the military and intelligence, they planned to detonate a dirty bomb on Election Day to ensure Sheridan's election and justify the use of draconian, authoritarian powers. The plot is defeated thanks to the efforts of XIII and his allies, NSA Agent Jones and General Carrington. In the aftermath, Wax and Shipley commit suicide whilst a majority of the conspirators are arrested. Sheridan is unexposed, however, and defeats Galbrain in the election. After proving his innocence to investigators, Galbrain resigns from office in November 2008 at Sheridan's request, with the Speaker of the House serving as acting president until Sheridan's inauguration in January 2009. Party: Democratic Played by: John Bourgeois in XIII: The Conspiracy
President Gamberelli President in: We Who Survived (1959) by Sterling Noel President in 2203–04 Disbelieves prediction of world catastrophe. Presumed dead.
President Paul Garcetti President in: Political Animals A US Senator, he defeats former First Lady and governor of Illinois, Elaine Barrish Hammond for the Democratic nomination and upon his election, he names Barrish as Secretary of State although relations between them worsen due to disagreements over foreign policy In office, Garcetti listens more to the counsel of his amoral vice president Fred Collier and chief of staff Barry Harris. However, he akes Secretary Barrish's advice when a Chinese submarine is downed off the Los Angeles coast by launching a successful rescue operation After the Chinese rescue, Garcetti refuses to accept Barrish's resignation so she can run for president against him in the Democratic primaries and he offers the Vice Presidency to her at the next election which Barrish is poised to accept. Before Barrish can accept the vice-presidential spot on the ticket, President Garcetti is lost and presumed killed when Air Force One crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France. This leaves Vice President Collier as the new acting president. Garcetti's corpse is found in the wreckage, which makes Collier the president. Term: January 2009 – July 2011 Party: Democratic Played by: Adrian Pasdar
President Jules Gardiner President in The Squadron Supreme, a Marvel Comics mini-series. Former U.S. postmaster general. Serves as president after the alien Overmind forces former president Kyle Richmond to conquer the World.
President Chauncey Gardiner The simple-minded gardener, becomes a TV celebrity by a series of coincidences. He appears at the end of Jerzy Kosinski's book "Being There" (and the film made based on it) selected as the next president by a cabal of powerful business people. The implication is that once they select him, his actual election to the office is a foregone conclusion.
President Hal Gardner Served from 2007 to 2009 47th President in 24 Party: Republican Vice President under Charles Logan from 2006–2007 until Logan resigns after being arrested for involvement in David Palmer's assassination in Day 5. Serves out the remainder of Logan's term, but is unsuccessful in securing a full four-year term in the 2008 presidential election to Democrat Wayne Palmer. Previously served as United States senator from Kentucky, governor of Kentucky, and Kentucky secretary of state. Played by: Ray Wise
President Frederick Randolph Garner President in: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman episodes "Meet John Doe", "I Now Pronounce You..." and "Lois and Clarks" His first and middle names can be seen on a paper he is signing in "I Now Pronounce you . . .", and his last name is used in "Meet John Doe." Played by: Fred Willard
President Thomas Edison (Shy) Garland President in: Father's Day, novel by John Calvin Batchelor Former astronaut, former senator from Texas, nicknamed Shy and a nephew of Lyndon B. Johnson. Elected vice president under Theodore G. Jay in 2000, assumes the reins of power as acting president, as per the 25th Amendment, after Jay goes on a leave of absence due to a deep depression. Garland is much more popular than President Jay and attempts to have Jay ruled unfit by Congress and the Cabinet when Jay tries to reassume the presidency. He also orchestrates a military coup to assassinate Jay if the attempt to have him declared unfit fails. Codenamed "Father's Day"? Party: Democratic
President Jesse Garrety President in: Shadowrun Role-Playing Game Serves two consecutive terms: 2009–2013 and 2013–2016 45th US President Defeats incumbent Philip Bester in the 2008 election. Vice President William Jarman replaces him after Garrety's assassination December 12, 2016.
President Herbert Garrison President in: South Park After protesting the growing presence of Canadian refugees in South Park fleeing from the populist, vulgar Donald-Trump-esque President of Canada, demanding that a border wall be built to keep out Canadian immigrants (which the Canadians already built to keep Americans out of Canada), and raping the president of Canada to death, Garrison launched a presidential campaign. Despite attempting to sabotage his own campaign to avoid humiliation in failing to fulfil his campaign promises (simply expressed as raping to death his and America's perceived enemies), he defeats Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. He loses the popular vote, but wins the Electoral College vote by 306 to 232. Caitlyn Jenner serves as his running mate. However, Mike Pence is later seen serving as vice president. After Kyle Broflovski and the pressure group Millennials Against Canada protest the Netflix revival of Terrance and Phillip, worsening American-Canadian relations culminate in Garrison launching a nuclear strike against Toronto. He deliberately mishandles the COVID-19 pandemic to fulfill his racist campaign promises (as ethnic minorities suffered disproportionately higher fatalities), even incinerating a pangolin which may have been the key to creating a vaccine. Apparently having lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, he returns to his old teaching job. However, a large number of children are pulled out of South Park Elementary either because their parents hate him or are loyal QAnon supporters who misinterpret his demands for them to stop accosting him as a coded message to spread conspiracy theories by becoming private tutors. While on vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his boyfriend Rick, Garrison is tempted into attending MAGA rallies, readopting his presidential persona, but begs Rick to take him back during an election speech, saying that he needs someone to be accountable to (resulting in his followers storming the Capitol whilst chanting "I love Rick"). 45th US President Party: Republican A parody of and surrogate for Donald Trump. However, in "Sermon on the 'Mount", Trump is depicted as the incumbent president, with his administration's actions leading the citizens of South Park to mistakenly believe that Garrison is president again and break down his door to confront him. Gender: Male (although was briefly a transgender woman)
President Kelly Geller President in The Last Ship (TV series) (Motion Book and Season 1) First female president. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is elevated to the role of president after he and the vice president succumb to the Red Flu months before. Contacts the after months of radio silence during the ship's mission in the Arctic, and orders them to return to the United States if Dr. Rachel Scott has managed to synthesize a cure to the Red Flu. Invites the remaining officials from the United States Government into the bunker beneath the White House to escape the Red Flu pandemic. However, the bunker later becomes compromised and infected. Presumed to have died of either infection or starvation in the locked down White House bunker, which is found to be impenetrable by sailors from the USS Nathan James when they explore the building in Season 2. Played by Deborah May.
President Johnny Gentle President in: Infinite Jest, novel by David Foster Wallace Has an obsessive-compulsive phobia of contamination; founder of the "Clean U.S. Party" A former "famous crooner", he wins the presidency on a promise to make America a cleaner place. As part of his solution he makes a large portion of New England (the "Concavity") into a toxic waste dump and forcibly gives this territory to Canada.
President Standrich Dale Gilchrist President in: 1600 Penn Former Congressman and Governor of Nevada Attended the US Naval Academy and served in Operation Desert Storm Widower; his second wife Emily Nash Gilchrist was his campaign manager for the governorship His brother Doug owns/operates the Las Vegas Convention Center Has four children: sons Skip and Xander, daughters Becca and Marigold Played by: Bill Pullman, who joked in promotional material that this is his second term
President Mays Gilliam President in: Head of State An alderman from Washington D.C., Gilliam is chosen by his party to replace the deceased presidential nominee. Gilliam narrowly defeats a sitting vice-president becoming America's first Black President. Played by: Chris Rock Party: Democrat
President Lancelot R. Gilligrass President in: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Presides over the construction of a "Space Hotel" orbiting the earth; when Willy Wonka and Charlie Bucket's family board the hotel, he mistakes them for Martians. Vice president is Elvira Tibbs, his eighty-nine years old former nanny, who is the power behind the throne and said to be as strict with the president as when he was a little boy. Well known for his inventions. His best friend is a sword-swallower from Afghanistan, who attends cabinet meetings though having no official position. His famous cat is Mrs Taubsypuss.
President Harold Goosie President in: Black No More Member of the Republican party