"Jefferson Lives" is episode 91 of The West Wing.
With President Bartlet back in the Oval Office, attention is turned to nominating a new vice president. The ideal choice is current Secretary of State, Lewis Berryhill. The new Speaker of the House, Jeff Haffley (Steven Culp), has his own ideas. Gary Cole joins the cast as "Bingo Bob" Russell, a folksy Colorado representative who's on a short list (not the president's). Upstairs at the White House...
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"Jefferson Lives" is episode 91 of The West Wing.
With President Bartlet back in the Oval Office, attention is turned to nominating a new vice president. The ideal choice is current Secretary of State, Lewis Berryhill. The new Speaker of the House, Jeff Haffley (Steven Culp), has his own ideas. Gary Cole joins the cast as "Bingo Bob" Russell, a folksy Colorado representative who's on a short list (not the president's). Upstairs at the White House, meanwhile, the family remains shaken in the wake of Zoey's traumatizing abduction. Says Abbey: "I blame Jed."
The title of the episode, "Jefferson Lives," is in reference to one of Bartlet's favorite anecdotes from American history. The story is in reference to John Adams and Thomas Jefferson dying on the same day. That day happened to be the United States semicentennial, July 4, 1826. John Adams' final words were of his lifetime political rival Thomas Jefferson. Adams died moments after uttering the phrase, "Thomas Jefferson survives," not...
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