While time will tell if Hillary Clinton will be the first female POTUS, many women on television have already played that role
Think about it. If US television producers can trust the fate of the nation (and to an extent, their shows) in the able hands of women (less often than we’d like), who are we to disagree that Hillary Clinton can’t do as good a job in the real White House.
Of course, the idea here is not to discuss the merits of US politics (which we’d rather have none of, no matter how engaging it is every time Trump opens his mouth), but to say this. On TV at least, girls do run the world.
TV’s first female Commander-in-Chief Julia Mansfield (played by actress Patty Duke) took office all the way back in 1985 on the show Hail To The Chief. And the most recent addition to that list is Elizabeth Marvel (as President-Elect Elizabeth Keane) on Homeland. Marvel, a House Of Cards alum, plays Keane in Homeland’s sixth season, which premieres in January and will chronicle her rise to power from being a former junior senator from New York to the highest office in the land.
We think a timeline is in order, so here goes…
2017
Elizabeth Marvel
Homeland
Announced as President Elect Elizabeth Keane in July 2016. Expect to see her in the role, come January.
2016
Andrea Savage
Veep
As Laura Montez, is inaugurated as the 46th POTUS (and first Latina to do so) after winning vote in the Senate.
2016
Julia Louis Dreyfus
Veep
Vice President Selina Meyer ascends to presidency (becoming the 45th President) after her predecessor resigns.
2015
Téa Leoni
Madam Secretary
During a communications blackout, Secretary of State Elizabeth A McCord became Acting President for a few hours.
2014-15
Alfre Woodard
State Of Affairs
President Constance Payton is shown as the President from the pilot episode itself, possibly avenging her son’s death.
2013
Kate Burton
Scandal
The extremist Sally Langston comes to power for a brief period after President Grant slips into a coma.
2008-10
Cherry Jones
24
Allison Taylor took office in the TV movie, 24: Redemption. Served as President through Seasons 7 and 8.
2006
Patricia Wettig
Prison Break
Former Vice President Caroline Reynolds schemes and even assassinates the President to get to the Oval Office.
2005-2006
Geena Davis
Commander In Chief
Mackenzie Allen found herself in the Oval Office after the President died, did a great job, but stuck around only for a season.
1985
Patty Duke
Hail To The Chief
TV’s first female President Julia Mansfield had to balance career and family. The sitcom lasted all of seven episodes.
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