Jack Buckland serves as the Democratic US Secretary of Labor under President Josiah Bartlet from 2002 to 2007.
Career[]
Jack Buckland is a former US Olympian, who served as the Governor of Indiana until he would be forced to step down in 2002 due to term limits. When the MS scandal breaks out, Buckland takes advantage of the weakened status of the White House and starts courting Victor Campos, a Latinx advocate who is the most powerful California liaison for any Presidential candidate, as Campos oversees a vast network and helped President Bartlet win the state. The Bartlet Administration manages to reaffirm their relationship with Campos[1] and Buckland, who would have challenged Bartlet in the 2002 Presidential primaries and is talked out of it by Josh Lyman, is instead offered the position of Secretary of Labor in the Bartlet Cabinet, succeeding Carl Reid.
Buckland is close to the labor unions, but is a moderate on other issues, particularly the environment. Buckland helped Bartlet greatly in Indiana and the Midwest in the 1998 election, and Josh Lyman feels he would have been a good addition to the ticket if they had not have chosen John Hoynes; however, Buckland himself believes Bartlet would not have won without Hoynes to unify Democrats and carry Southern states.
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| PREDECESSOR Carl Reid |
United States Secretary of Labor 2002-2007 |
SUCCESSOR unknown |