Elizabeth Bartlet - White House Staff

White House Staff

• Josiah "Jed" Bartlet – Martin Sheen: President of the United States (Seasons 1–7). Former governor of New Hampshire. Nobel prize laureate in Economics.
• Leo Thomas McGarry – John Spencer: White House Chief of Staff (Seasons 1–6); Special Counselor to the President (Season 6); Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee (Season 6–7) and Vice President-elect of the United States (Season 7), who died of a heart attack just hours before his election victory. He was also a former Secretary of Labor and a Vietnam veteran.
• Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg – Allison Janney: White House Press Secretary (Seasons 1–6); White House Chief of Staff (Seasons 6–7).
• Charles "Charlie" Young – Dulé Hill: Personal Aide to the President (Seasons 1–6); Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff C.J. Cregg (Seasons 6–7). Revealed he will attend Georgetown School of Law during final episode.
• Joshua "Josh" Lyman – Bradley Whitford: Deputy White House Chief of Staff (Seasons 1–6); Campaign Manager, Santos-McGarry Campaign (Seasons 6–7); White House Chief of Staff in the Santos Administration (Season 7).
• Donnatella "Donna" Moss – Janel Moloney: Senior Assistant to Josh Lyman (Seasons 1–6); Media Specialist and Press Secretary, Bob Russell for President Campaign (Season 6); Press Secretary, Santos-McGarry Campaign (Season 7); First Lady's Chief of Staff (Season 7).
• Tobias "Toby" Zachary Ziegler – Richard Schiff: White House Communications Director (Seasons 1–7).
• Samuel "Sam" Norman Seaborn – Rob Lowe: Deputy White House Communications Director (Seasons 1–4); resigned to run for Congress; Deputy White House Chief of Staff in the Santos Administration (after the end of the series).
• William "Will" Bailey – Joshua Malina: Deputy White House Communications Director (Seasons 4–5); Chief of Staff to Vice-President Bob Russell (Seasons 5–7); White House Communications Director (Season 7) Congressman from the Oregon 4th (After end of series).
• Annabeth Schott – Kristin Chenoweth: Deputy Press Secretary for Media Relations (Season 6); Campaign staffer, Santos/McGarry Campaign (Season 7); First Lady's Press Secretary (Season 7).
• Madeline "Mandy" Hampton – Moira Kelly: Political consultant during Bartlet's first campaign. Worked as a media consultant at Lennox-Chase after the campaign. Briefly consulted for Democratic senator Lloyd Russell before being hired by the White House as a political consultant and Media Director (Season 1). Disappeared after the first season of The West Wing and was never mentioned again.
• Angela Blake – Michael Hyatt: Worked for Leo McGarry while he was Secretary of Labor. Later, while a political consultant, she was hired to be Director of Legislative Affairs (Season 5).
• Clifford "Cliff" Calley – Mark Feuerstein: Majority Counsel for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee during the Bartlet censure proceedings (Season 3); Deputy White House Chief of Staff (Season 7).
• Amelia "Amy" Gardner – Mary-Louise Parker: Head of the Women's Leadership Coalition and influential women's rights activist. Worked as a political consultant for Senator Howard Stackhouse when he ran for president after she resigned. Later hired as the Chief of Staff for the Office of the First Lady. Resigned after she upset the president (Seasons 3–5). Director of Legislative Affairs in the Santos Administration (Season 7).