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| − | dates = January 20, [[1987]] - January 20, [[1991]] | |
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| + | |affiliation = [[Democratic Party]] |
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| + | |nickname = D.W. |
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| + | |actor = [[James Cromwell]] |
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| + | }}'''D. Wire Newman''' was the last [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[President of the United States]] prior to [[Josiah Bartlet]]. |
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| − | '''D. Wire Newman''' (often referred to colloquially as '''D.W.''') (1930-) was a former [[President of the United States]], he served from 1987 to 1991 and was the last [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to have occupied the [[White House]] before President [[Josiah Bartlet]]. |
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| + | President Newman held heavy ties with Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia. His administration sold them arms in exchange for oil and supported their leaders. |
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| + | He served only one term, losing re-election to a Republican. Because he was the last Democrat before Bartlet, it can be reasoned that he served from 1987-1991. |
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| − | Newman was born and rasied in Huntsville, Alabama. Newman was elected to the Alabama State House of Representatives in 1964, he became Speaker of the body in 1975. In 1978 Newman was elected Governor of Alabama, and was re-elected in 1982. In 1986, Newman ran for President in the Democratic primary a dark-horse candidate. Eventhough Newman had little name ID or money, he organized a grassroots effort that helped him the Iowa Cacus, and the New Hampshire primary. He had a lock on the nomination by mid-May and chose Massachustts Governor Michael Dukakis as his running mate. that November the Newman/Dukakis ticket narrowly beat the Bush/Quayle ticket. |
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| − | New lost his bid for re-election to former California Governor [[Owen Lassiter]]. |
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| + | In his post-presidential years, Newman kept a close eye on intelligence matters and received [[National Security Council|NSC]] briefings every morning. Newman maintained close contact with former President Lassiter after his presidency. During the [[MS scandal]], Lassiter advised Newman not to go on [[CNN]] denouncing President Bartlet for hiding his [[multiple sclerosis]]. After former President Lassiter's death, Newman chose to fly with Lassiter's aging staff to [[Washington, DC]] before travelling on [[Air Force One]] with Presidents Bartlet and Walken to the [[Lassiter Library]] in [[Costa Mesa]]. |
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| + | During the Bartlet Administration, Newman was a silent critic of the President, feeling that his commitment to liberal policies and Democratic ideals was not strong enough, though he followed the advice of Lassiter, in not openly criticizing a sitting President. In private, however, Newman would give Bartlet a vicious tongue lashing if he disagreed with his performance, particularly in matters of foreign policy, which Bartlet himself admitted was never his greatest strength. Newman was equally critical of Republican presidents, whose foreign policies he felt were reactionary and war-mongering. He openly showed enmity for President Glen Allen Walken and Walken's conservative views. He is the Oldest Living President. |
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| − | Newman spoke with regret about being compelled to ally the U.S. with certain Middle East dictatorships and unstable governments while servin as president, but decried Republicans as going much farther. |
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| − | As is the prerogative of former chief executives, Newman – somewhat to Bartlet's chagrin – opted to receive daily national intelligence briefings, similar to the [[President's Daily Briefing]]. |
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| + | *All information about President Newman comes from the episode ''[[The Stormy Present]]''. The fact that he used the same airplane for Air Force One as President Bartlet, implies a later date, presumably within the last twenty years. The current Air Force One planes have been in use since 1990. |
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| − | He would be picked up and join President Bartlet on [[Air Force One]] to attend the funeral of his successor, President [[Owen Lassiter]]. |
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| − | ==Political History== |
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| − | *1964-1978: Member of the Alabama State House of Representatives |
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| + | [[Category:Presidents of the United States|Newman, D. Wire]] |
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| − | **1975-1978: Speaker of the Alabama State House of Representatives |
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| − | *1978-1986: Governor of Alabama |
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| − | *1987-1991: [[President of the United States]] |
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| − | The character made just one appearance on the series, in the fifth season episode ''The Stormy Present'', which first aired January 7, 2004. He was played by actor [[James Cromwell]] and based on Jimmy Carter. |
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| − | * [[Presidential timeline]] |
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| − | {{Wikipedia|1=D._Wire_Newman}} |
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Revision as of 01:37, 13 January 2020
D. Wire Newman was the last Democratic President of the United States prior to Josiah Bartlet.
Presidency
President Newman held heavy ties with Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia. His administration sold them arms in exchange for oil and supported their leaders.
He served only one term, losing re-election to a Republican. Because he was the last Democrat before Bartlet, it can be reasoned that he served from 1987-1991.
Post-Presidency
In his post-presidential years, Newman kept a close eye on intelligence matters and received NSC briefings every morning. Newman maintained close contact with former President Lassiter after his presidency. During the MS scandal, Lassiter advised Newman not to go on CNN denouncing President Bartlet for hiding his multiple sclerosis. After former President Lassiter's death, Newman chose to fly with Lassiter's aging staff to Washington, DC before travelling on Air Force One with Presidents Bartlet and Walken to the Lassiter Library in Costa Mesa.
During the Bartlet Administration, Newman was a silent critic of the President, feeling that his commitment to liberal policies and Democratic ideals was not strong enough, though he followed the advice of Lassiter, in not openly criticizing a sitting President. In private, however, Newman would give Bartlet a vicious tongue lashing if he disagreed with his performance, particularly in matters of foreign policy, which Bartlet himself admitted was never his greatest strength. Newman was equally critical of Republican presidents, whose foreign policies he felt were reactionary and war-mongering. He openly showed enmity for President Glen Allen Walken and Walken's conservative views. He is the Oldest Living President.
Trivia
- All information about President Newman comes from the episode The Stormy Present. The fact that he used the same airplane for Air Force One as President Bartlet, implies a later date, presumably within the last twenty years. The current Air Force One planes have been in use since 1990.
| Presidents of the United States | ||
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| Washington 〉J. Adams 〉Jefferson 〉Madison 〉J.Q. Adams 〉Jackson 〉W. Harrison 〉Polk 〉Pierce 〉Buchanan 〉Lincoln 〉A. Johnson 〉Grant 〉Hayes 〉B. Harrison 〉McKinley 〉T. Roosevelt 〉Taft 〉Wilson 〉Harding 〉Coolidge 〉Hoover 〉F. Roosevelt 〉Truman 〉Eisenhower 〉Kennedy 〉L. Johnson 〉Nixon 〉Newman 〉Lassiter 〉Bartlet (Walken) • Santos See Also: Monroe — Ford • Carter • Reagan • G.H.W. Bush • Clinton • G.W. Bush | ||