The following is a list of fictional presidents of the United States, S through T.
S President Elaine Sallinger Presidency mentioned in: Red Dwarf novel Better Than Life Described as "perhaps the greatest American President of all time". Appears only as the fifth carving on Mount Rushmore.
President Robert Samuelson President in: the novel Red-12 by Louis A. Goth Guides the US (and the world) through a highly dangerous crisis precipitated by a nuclear explosion inside a Chinese satellite over the Pacific. This causes tensions and mutual suspicions among the world's superpowers, and there are increasing indications of possible involvement by extraterrestrial beings.
President Newton Sanders President in: Mark Lawson's novel: Idlewild In a universe in which President John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt on his life, and went on to be re-elected in 1964, Newton Sanders wins the 1992 Presidential election running as a third-party candidate - defeating both President George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He is assassinated via a "baby bomb" (an infant wrapped in Semtex and detonated) by Yusaf Yusaf (alias "Anderson Kempinski Fraser"). As he did not have a vice-president, he is succeeded by the Speaker of the House.
President Matthew Vincente "Matt" Santos President in: The West Wing (television series) A former mayor and three-term congressman from Houston, Texas. Santos is married to Helen Santos and has two children. He is preparing to retire from politics when he is approached by Josh Lyman about a presidential campaign. He starts out the campaign in last place in a crowded field, before catapulting into third place after receiving 19% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary. Surging late after winning the California primary, Santos is deadlocked with the frontrunner, Vice President Bob Russell at the 2006 Democratic National Convention. Santos wins the party nomination on the fourth ballot and names former Labor Secretary and White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry as his running mate. Santos narrowly defeats Senator Arnold Vinick of California by a count of 272 to 266 electoral votes. However, this victory is undermined by the sudden death of Leo McGarry (written due to the real-life passing of McGarry's portrayer, actor John Spencer) on Election Night. Before his inauguration, Santos names his defeated rival Vinick his secretary of state, ensuring bipartisan cooperation in handling growing tensions between Russia and China, and seeks the confirmation of Pennsylvania Governor Eric Baker as his vice president. Second sitting U.S. Congressman to be elected to the presidency after James A. Garfield. In the West Wing canon, Santos is the first Hispanic-American president. Played by: Jimmy Smits Party: Democratic
President Lee Sarason President in: It Can't Happen Here Chief political operative and adviser to Berzelius 'Buzz' Windrip as a Governor and U.S. Senator. U.S. Secretary of State during Windrip's presidency, during which time the United States is transformed into an authoritarian Corporatist country. Following the flight of the disillusioned Vice President Perley Beecroft to Canada, Sarason leads a coup which sees Windrip overthrown and exiled to France. Due to extravagance and relatively weak rule, Sarason is soon after killed in a bloody putsch at the White House organised by General Dewey Haik, who proclaims himself as the new president. Thereafter, a military dictatorship erodes Corporatist power, plunging the United States into civil war and a war with Mexico. Party: Corporatist (presumably, previously Democratic)
President James William Sawyer President in: White House Down Proposes a controversial peace treaty with allied nations to both remove military forces from and provide significant financial aid to the Middle East. The controversy of the treaty prompts his own Vice President to announce his resignation in protest. Is in the White House when terrorists attack - led by his own Secret Service detail leader Martin Walker, whose son died during military deployment, and ex-Delta Force and CIA operator Emil Stenz. The attack is later revealed to have been masterminded by Eli Raphelson, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, who is allied with influential groups who stand to lose money should the peace deal go through. Is rescued by Capitol policeman John Cale, and along with him attempts to escape from the White House. Presumed dead after an explosion in the White House cabana, but narrowly escapes. He is later shot defending a hostage, but survives when the bullet deflects off his pocket watch. Married to Allison Sawyer, who is abroad in Paris during the events of the film. Party: Democratic Played by Jamie Foxx
President Kenneth Saxon President in: Missing! (novel, 1969) by Michael Avallone. Elected in 1968 Defeated in 1972 by Robert Winslow Sheldrake. Party: Democratic
President Adam Northfield Scott President in: The Kidnapping of the President Revolutionaries kidnap him on a visit to Toronto, Canada. Played by: Hal Holbrook
President Nehemiah Scudder President in: Robert Heinlein's Future History, Scudder is elected president in 2012 and Establishes a theocracy. Holds no further elections. Takes the title "Prophet" rather than "President". Establishes a new capital, New Jerusalem, in the Mid-West. His descendants rule as "Prophets" for most of the 21st Century but grow increasingly corrupt and venal, finally overthrown in the novella If This Goes On—. The new government declares a restoration of the Constitution of the United States "as it stood prior to the inauguration of President Scudder". Heinlein planned, but never wrote, the story in which Scudder gains power, to be named "The Stone Pillow", but decided that it would be too depressing. In Heinlein's earlier novel For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs (written 1939 but only published after Heinlein's death) Scudder attempts to be elected but his extensive use of Ku Klux Klan type thugs alarm many people and a counter-mobilization manages to forestall his election, thus in the earlier version the US avoids decades of theocracy.
President George Sears President in: Metal Gear Solid (unnamed in the game. Name given in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty). The 43rd president George Sears is actually a pseudonym for Solidus Snake, a survivor of the Les Enfants Terribles project that also created protagonist Solid Snake and his nemesis Liquid Snake. In the sequel Metal Gear Solid 2, he is revealed to be a former member of The Patriots (a secret group that controls the United States) and is the true mastermind behind the Shadow Moses island incident in 2005 (the fictional events of Metal Gear Solid). He acts without permission from the Patriots and is forced to resign his presidency. Sears is succeeded by President James Johnson by the time of Metal Gear Solid 2. In an early draft of the Metal Gear Solid 2 story, George Sears is named George Ryan and the events of the game were meant to occur while Solidus was still in office.
President Phil Ken Sebben President in: Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law special Harvey Birdman: Attorney General Has no memory of being elected president and is quickly impeached. Loose parody of Donald Trump. Played by: Stephen Colbert
President David Segovia President in: FlashForward, a 2009 ABC Television Series On October 6, 2009, during his second term, the entire human race passes out for one minute and seventeen seconds and experiences a future memory from April 29, 2010. During President Segovia's Flashforward, he is informed of some major event taking place. Played by: Peter Coyote
President William Lyons Selby President in: The Outer Limits episode "The Hundred Days of the Dragon" Vice President: Theodore Pearson Selby is assassinated before election and is replaced by a lookalike agent from an unnamed Asian government. The Vice-President arrests the agent when the plot is discovered. Party: Not mentioned Played by: Sidney Blackmer
President Julian September President in: JLA #18 (05/1998) September alters history to become President of the United States. The JLA destroy his Engine of Chance, which only alters history further.
President Robert "Dakota Bob" Shaefer President in: The Boys Republican candidate in the 2000 election. Previously served as Vice President to George H. W. Bush after Dan Quayle Heeds intelligence warnings about terrorist hijackings; was expecting 9/11, and orders that three of the hijacked planes be shot down. However, he is bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher and left incapacitated; the vice-president subsequently orders that the fourth plane be allowed to proceed unmolested, so that superheroes sponsored by Vought-American Consolidated can rescue it. The failed rescue leads to the plane destroying the Brooklyn Bridge. Leads America into war against Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was killed by an angry wolverine released by his vice president, Victor "Vic the Veep" Neuman, who then succeeded him. In the live-action television series, Robert "Dakota Bob" Singer, played by Jim Beaver (the name change referring to his character Bobby Singer in Supernatural). He was originally the U.S. Secretary of Defense and a staunch opponent to Vought but had his hands tied due to the creation of Supe terrorists after Homelander's unauthorised distribution of Compound V to terrorists. Running as the Democratic nominee for president in 2024 on a platform of curtailing the power and influence of Supes, his election immediately makes him the target of a plot by Homelander and Sister Sage to install a Supe supremacist regime by assassinating him and elevating his running mate Victoria Neuman (a Supe) to the presidency. On January 6, after Homelander outs Neuman as a Supe on live television and Singer is nearly assassinated by a shapeshifting Supe posing as Annie January, Singer is framed for ordering Billy Butcher's assassination of Neuman (having been party to the CIA's and The Boys' attempts to pre-emptively assassinate her) and arrested before he can be inaugurated as president. As a result, House Speaker Calhoun, a staunch Homelander ally, is sworn in as president instead. After Homelander's death and the impeachment of President Ashley Barrett (who had been appointed Vice President and succeeded Calhoun following his assassination by Homelander), Singer is exonerated and instated as President. Wishing to strengthen the Federal Bureau for Superhuman Affairs to combat a discombobulated Vought International and remaining hostile Supes (including those created during trials to recreate V1, the original version of Compound V), he sought to appoint Hugh 'Hughie' Campbell as its director; politely declining the position (due to owing his own electrical store), Singer said that the position was still open to him should he reconsider.
President John Shaw President in: Time Trax While serving as Secretary of State in 1993 he is the target of a time travelling assassin. By 2093 he is considered one of the three great Presidents along with Abraham Lincoln and Elaine Nakamura. Played by: Dorian Harewood
President James Kavanaugh Shea President in: The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge Former Governor of New Jersey. Born in 1919. Appoints his brother Daniel Brendan Shea to be his Attorney General. Presidential term from 1961 to 1964. Assassinated during the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Based on President John F. Kennedy.
President Shears President in: Traveler
President Robert Winslow Sheldrake President in: Missing! (novel, 1969) by Michael Avallone Born in Nebraska. Defeats incumbent President Kenneth Saxon in 1972. Is missing on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1973. Is found two days later curled up naked in an air duct after accidentally being given tea with an LSD laced sugar cube by his daughter. Party: Republican