1. Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character from the American television serial drama The West Wing created by Aaron Sorkin and portrayed by actor Martin Sheen.
30 Facts About Jed Bartlet
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The remainder of the series fleshes out the details of Jed Bartlet's administration, including friction between his policies and those of the Republican-dominated Congress, his tribulations with multiple sclerosis, his reelection, and the campaign of his successor, Matt Santos.
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Jed Bartlet is characterized by manifest integrity, quick witticisms, a fierce intellect, and compassionate stoicism.
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Jed Bartlet envisioned the series as focused on the White House senior staff who execute and advise on major policy and political matters.
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The actor said that part of the reason he took on the role of Jed Bartlet was his involvement in social issues.
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Jed Bartlet was born in 1942 and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Jed Bartlet is a descendant of Dr Josiah Bartlett, a real-world signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
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Jed Bartlet scored 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT college admission test.
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Jed Bartlet was accepted to Williams, Harvard, and Yale, but instead chose to go to the University of Notre Dame, as he was considering becoming a priest, though decided against it after meeting Abbey, his future wife.
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Jed Bartlet speaks four languages, including Latin, English, and German.
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Jed Bartlet is a Nobel Laureate in Economics, and is generally portrayed as a macroeconomist sympathetic to Keynesian views.
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Jed Bartlet was required to split his Nobel Prize with another economist, a much more conservative Japanese man whom Bartlet respects but does not particularly like.
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Jed Bartlet is the author of a book entitled Theory and Practice of Macroeconomics in Developing Countries, and his research in economics is described as being focused on the developing world.
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Jed Bartlet is depicted as a stern but very loving and indulgent father, in contrast to his own father, who was cold and physically abusive.
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Jed Bartlet suffers from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, which at one time puts the future of his presidency in doubt.
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Jed Bartlet receives a Congressional censure for covering up his MS while running for president.
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Jed Bartlet began his political career when he was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
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Jed Bartlet later served three terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
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Jed Bartlet is sworn into his first term on January 20,1999.
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Jed Bartlet does express regret at his inability to balance the budget in his eight years in the White House.
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Jed Bartlet is able to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by negotiating a historic agreement at Camp David in 2005 and deploying peacekeepers to the region, despite opposition to these efforts from both Democrats and Republicans.
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Terrorism, particularly from the Bahji network based in Qumar, is a continual problem and in the season 4 finale, Jed Bartlet has to confront the kidnapping of his own daughter at the hands of the group.
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In Latin America, Jed Bartlet has to deal with situations in Haiti, Colombia and Bolivia.
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Jed Bartlet predicts that Sam will one day run for president and expresses his faith in Sam's capability.
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Jed Bartlet is pained when he finds out Toby has leaked classified national security information and fires him.
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Jed Bartlet is shot in the first season cliffhanger finale "What Kind of Day Has It Been".
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Zoey Jed Bartlet is kidnapped on the day of her graduation from Georgetown University, possibly in retaliation for the assassination of the Qumari defence minister, Abdul ibn Shareef, which her father authorized.
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Jed Bartlet did the same after Obama's first debate against Mitt Romney in 2012.
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The West Wings portrayal of multiple sclerosis through Jed Bartlet was applauded by Mike Dugan, president of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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Dugan stated that the group was especially pleased that the affected character was a world leader, that the show educated viewers about MS and made it clear the disease is not fatal, and that Jed Bartlet was shown as taking advantage of medical breakthroughs to treat his condition.