This page includes a brief summary on characters in Vince Flynn’s book Term Limits. Although each description is brief invariably there will be several spoilers particularly where a character was only in the book for a short time.
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| Character | Details |
| Arley, Pete | FBI Special Agent |
| Andrews, Terry | Secret Service Special Agent |
| Barnes | Police Chief |
| Bassett, Tom | Speaker of the House |
| Blake, George | NBC News Anchor |
| Burmiester, Harold J | Retired Banker who lives opposite Jack Koslowski. Drugged one night so that his bedroom could be used for a sniper to assassinate Jack Koslowski. |
| Carlyle | Previous Director of the CIA |
| Chambers, Susan | Secretary to Congressman Michael O’Rourke |
| Coleman, Scott | Mark’s older brother, former commander of SEAL Team Six, Runs the SEAL Demolition and Salvage Corporation |
| Coleman, Mark | Worked on Senator Olsen’s Staff where he was Michael O’Rourkes room mate. Killed by a mugger when walking back from work. |
| Delapena | NSA employee |
| DeVoe, Bob | Admiral,SEALs Force Commander |
| Dickson, Mark | Presidents Budget Director |
| Dobbs, Charlie | Watch Monitor in the CIA Operations Center |
| Dorle, Harry | Secret Service Agent – Assigned to Senator Thomas Bassett (Speaker of the House) |
| Downs, Robert | Senator and Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, murdered in Pimmit Bend Park while walking his dog. |
| Durmont | Vice President of The United States of America |
| Elliot | Secretary of Defence |
| Flood | Joint Chief General |
| Fitzgerald, Daniel | Senator, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Murdered in his Washington home at the start of Term Limits. |
| Garrett, Stu | President’s Chief of Staff |
| Hackett, Kevin | Former SEAL, works for Scott Coleman |
| Hampson, Steve | Secret Service Special Agent |
| Heaney | One Star General working in the Pentagon |
| Hellerman, | Senator |
| Higgins, Arthur | Ex Head of the “CIA’s most secretive branch for 40 years”. |
| Holtz, Ray | Reporter for the Post |
| Hopkinson, Ted | Whitehouse Communications Director, unofficially known as the Whitehouse’s “Spin Doctor” |
| Jarod | Freelancer taken on by Mike Nance |
| Jackson, Augie | Friend of Seamus O’Rourke, served together in the Marines during WWII |
| Jarvi, Sam | Former SEAL, current Naval Academy Dive Master |
| Jennings, Kathy | An FBI Agent under Skip McMahon’s command |
| Jones, Art | Secret Service Agent – Assigned to Senator Thomas Bassett (Speaker of the House) |
| Kennedy, Dr Irene | CIA’s Top Terrorism expert, age 38, mother of one, PHD in Arabic studies and Masters in military history. |
| Kennedy, Tom | Irene Kennedy’s Son |
| Koslowski, Jack | Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Assassinated by a Sniper in his Washington home |
| Lageski, Kathy | Secret Service Special Agent |
| Lester, Jim | A Reporter, ABC’s Whitehouse Correspondent |
| Manly, Sally | Secret Service Special Agent |
| Maxwell | Major, works the Whitehouse National Security Desk |
| McFarland, | Naval Officer with the rank of Captain, Unit Psychologist |
| McMahon, Skip | FBI Special Agent, Agent in charge of the East Coast Quick Response Team (QRT) |
| Mitchell, Gus | FBI Academy Firearms Instructor, ex Delta Force Commando |
| Moncur, Ann | Whitehouse Press Secretary |
| Moore, Frank | Congressman |
| Muetzel | ex Senator – Stu Garret now lives in his Washington House |
| Nance, Mike | National Security Advisor (to the President), a Graduate of West Point and former director of the NSA |
| Nanny, Madeline | Deputy Director of the FBI’s Counter Espionage Department |
| O’Rourke, Michael | Independent Freshman Congressman from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Age 32 (at the start of Term Limits). Was on Senator Olson’s staff before being elected. Graduated from the University of Minnesota where he played hockey, then went into the Marine Corps and fought in the Gulf War. Awarded the Silver Star. “Crowned” the most eligible bachelor in Washington by social columnists. |
| O’Rourke, Seamus | Senator Michael O’Rouke’s Grandfather. President and sole owner of the O’Rourke Timber Company. Fought in World War 2. |
| O’Rourke, Tim | Younger Brother of Congressman Michael O’Rourke and his Chief of Staff |
| Olsen, Alice | Wife of Erik Olsen |
| Olsen, Erik | Senator, Michael O’Rourke was a member of his staff before being elected |
| Roach, Brian | Director of the FBI |
| Roach, Katie | Brian Roach’s Daughter |
| Ryan, Patty | Brian Roach’s Wife |
| Ryan, Bridget | Intern at NBC |
| Scarletti, Liz | A Reporter for The Washington Reader |
| Stansfield, Thomas | Director of the CIA |
| Stansfield, Sara | Thomas Stansfield’s Wife – passed away in Stansfield’s first year as director |
| Stein, Mark | NBC’s Washington DC Bureau Chief |
| Steiner, Joe | Secret Service Special Agent |
| Stevens, Jim | President of the United States of America |
| Schwab, Matthew | Aide to Senator Bassett |
| Strobe, Dan | Former SEAL, works for Scott Coleman |
| Swenson, Nick | A younger staffer of Congressman Michael O’Rourke |
| Thomas, Shirley | Reporter for the Times |
| Tracy, Alex | Director of the Secret Service |
| Turnquist, Burt | Congressman |
| Turner, Mike | A Reporter for CNN |
| Vanelli, Anthony | Aide to Jack Koslowski |
| Wardwell, Dan | An FBI Agent under Skip McMahon’s command |
| Warch, Jack | Special Agent in Charge of the Presidents Secret Service Detail |
| Wilcox, Harvey | Deputy Director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Department |
| Williamson, Lisa | A Reporter, Whitehouse correspondent for the Associated Press |