Characters in the Novel
In Washington
Mark Coffin, junior senator from California
Linda, his wife
Linnie and Markie, their children
Brad Harper, Mark’s administrative assistant
Mary Francesca (“Mary Fran”) Garcia, his secretary
Johnny McVickers, his former student and friend
James Rand Elrod, senior senator from North Carolina, Linda’s father
Arthur Hampton, senior senator from Nebraska, Majority Leader of the Senate
Herbert Esplin, senior senator from Ohio, Minority Leader
James Monroe Madison, senior senator from California
Janet Hardesty, senior senator from Michigan
Kalakane (“Kal”) Tokumatsu, senior senator from Hawaii
Mele, his wife
Clement (“Clem”) Chisholm, junior senator from Illinois
Claretta, his wife
Richard (“Rick”) Duclos, junior senator from New Hampshire
Pat, his son
Bob Templeton, junior senator from Colorado
Lisette Grayson of ABC
Chuck Dangerfield of “Washington Inside”
Bill Adams of the Associated Press
Lydia (“Lyddie”) Bates, a hostess
Chauncey Baron, the Secretary of State
Admiral Sir Harry Fairfield, the British ambassador
Pierre Duchamps DeLatour, the French ambassador
Valerian Bukanin, the Soviet ambassador
Charles Macklin of California (“Good Old Charlie”), a Cabinet nominee
Hamilton (“Ham”) Delbacher, the Vice-President
The President
In California
The governor
Harry P. Coffin, publisher of the Sacramento Statesman, Mark’s father
Margaret, his mother
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