Charles Logan

Charles Logan was Vice-President of the United States of America under President John Keeler and became President under the 25th Amendment after Air Force One crashed during Day 4. Charles Logan is played by Gregory Itzin.

Day 4

During Day 4, President John Keeler called Logan from Air Force One, and told him that he believed the plane would be shot down. When the plane crashed, Logan was quickly sworn in as President under the 25th Amendment. He will be up for his own Presidential election in November, 2012.

One of Logan's first acts as President was to base himself, and his staff in the White House Bunker, to protect himself from a possible terrorist attack. Logan ignored his advisor, Mike Novick, when he suggested the President should work from the Oval Office. Logan's fear about such an attack was, at times, very public as he expressed his certainty that a nuclear missile would be heading for Washington, DC and that he would not leave the Bunker until the threat was neutralised.

Logan was frustrated by the fact that the CTU seem to have had little luck finding Habib Marwan but makes matters worse when he takes too long to decide on certain issues. When CTU wanted to use force whilst interrogating Joe Prado, Logan took too long authorising it so Jack Bauer was forced to take matters into his own hands.

When the CTU was close to capturing Marwan, Logan discovered that Bauer tortured Prado without his permission and sends the Secret Service to arrest him. The arrival of the Secret Service alerted Marwan and he was able to escape. Logan realised his mistake, released Bauer and asked David Palmer to come in and help him make decisions.

When David Palmer authorised the raid on the Chinese Consulate, Logan is furious that he wasn't asked and decided that, to stop an international incident, he would help the Chinese as much as possible in their investigations.

When the Chinese discovered that Jack Bauer was responsible for the raid on the consulate, Logan agreed to extradite him, even after everything he had done that day. Walt Cummings suggested that Bauer be killed to stop him releasing information to the Chinese and, although he didn't authorise it, Logan agreed that it should be done.

Day 5

Logan was still president at the start of Day 5 (Keeler's fate remains unknown). He was operating from the Presidential retreat near Los Angeles

Logan was meeting the Russian President Yuri Suvarov to sign an anti-terrorism defense treaty. Logan, saw the treaty as the highlight of his Presidency would not permit any delays. He was startled by news of the assassination of former President Palmer but insisted the signing continue on schedule. The situation was further complicated when a group of east-European separatists attack a nearby airport and took several hostages. They demanded the treaty be renounced or they would begin executing hostages. Logan immediately ordered CTU to organize a rescue.

Another complication came from Logan's wife, First Lady Martha Logan, who insisted Palmer had tried to contact her to warn her of a possible attack. Logan was sympathetic but was skeptical given her history of mental illness. He eventually agreed to have her sent away to a mental health facility.

CTU was ultimately successful in rescuing the hostages and the treaty was signed on schedule, though one terrorist, a sleeper posing as one of the hostages, managed to escape with a large shipment of VX nerve gas.

Soon after, Walt Cummings (by this time Logan's Chief of Staff) came to Logan and admited his involvement in everything that had happened but insisted it was for a greater good. He claimed the nerve gas would be released before it could threaten any American or Russian targets. Cummings' claimed the nerve gas threat would provide a justification for a stronger U.S. presence in Asia and promote a greater acquisition of oil from the region. Cummings told him the American agent monitoring the nerve gas had gone dark and even Cummings could not stop him now. Logan was appalled but did not see any way out of the situation.

Meanwhile, Jack Bauer, who had emerged from hiding to find Palmer's assassin, had discovered Cummings was involved and knew more that he had told Logan. After Jack managed to convince Secret Service agent Aaron Pierce to let him speak with the President, he was able to reveal the truth to Logan. Logan promptly ordered Cummings arrested. Unfortunately when government forces moved in on the location of the nerve gas, they found it missing and the American agent dead. The terrorists had apparently discovered Cummings' plan.

Logan had Jack temporarily reinstated with CTU, though both men agreed he would have to go back into hiding once the crisis passed, as the Chinese would still likely demand his extradition.

Logan also managed to stop his wife before she left the retreat. She initially reactsed coldly to him for not having trusted her, though the two would soon reconcile and set about drafting a public statement about Cummings' actions. The public statement, however, was interrupted when Mike Novick informed them that Cummings had been found dead of an apparent suicide.

Later on, Logan grappled with how to handle Cummings' suicide. His wife encouraged him to tell the truth to the American people, but his other aides, including Novick urged him not to reveal Cummings' role in the nerve gas crisis for fear of the political ramifications that would have ensued. He chose the latter.

Later on, the terrorists, with Bauer undercover, had taken a canister of the nerve gas into a mall in Los Angeles. Lynn McGill and Bill Buchanan urged Logan to allow them to use the gas in the mall, potentially killing up to 900 people, hoping they could catch the terrorists and find the other 19 canisters of nerve gas. Despite Audrey Raines and his wife's insistence that he not allow the mall to be gassed, Logan decided to go with the recommendation. Due to intervention from Jack Bauer, many lives were saved in this incident and only 11 people were killed. Despite Logan's relief, he did not deny that he was responsible for those deaths.

Immediately thereafter, Logan was forced to make a decision involving the Russian terrorists: give up the Russian President's motorcade route or risk the launch of the 19 remaining nerve gas containers on US soil. After several minutes of discussion with his wife and advisors, Logan decided to provide the terrorists with the route. However, as the motorcade departed, Logan's wife decided to join the motorcade behind his back. Logan agonized over the decision to not turn back the motorcade, and prayed with Mike Novick that the Russian President, his wife, and Mrs. Logan not be killed by the terrorists. His prayers were answered when CTU notified the motorcade in the nick of time. However, the terrorists have broken off the deal and would then commence targeting civilians.

By 11:00 p.m. it was discovered, through a conversation with former CTU agent Christopher Henderson, that Logan was responsible for allowing the VX nerve gas to be given to the Russian terrorists. Logan believed, as Cummings did, that the nerve gas would be taken back to Russia, where it would be remotely detonated, killing the terrorists. Logan was also complacent in the death of former President Palmer. Cummings, which involved in the conspiracy, was just a patsy.

Earlier that day, Martha Logan's aide, Evelyn Martin, had recorded a conversation between Logan and Christopher Henderson, proving Logan's involvement in Palmer's assassination. Logan ordered Henderson to retrieve the recorded conversation. Hendered revealed that Jack Bauer was en route to retrieve the evidence, which forced Logan into creating an executive order, sent to Homeland Security director Karen Hayes (who, at this point was in charge of CTU Los Angeles), calling for the arrest of Bauer.

Experience

Before ascending to the vice-presidency, Logan was the Lieutenant Governor of California and before that a Representative in the California State Congress for Santa Barbara.

He previously was the Vice President of Western Energy Coal & Reserve and later CEO, where he gained the honor of being named Energy CEO of the Year. Before joining that company he had been the Director of Pacific Nuclear Energy.

Logan has a B.A. degree in History from Princeton University.

Memorable Quotes

David Palmer: It was a covert operation, not dissimilar to those carried out by countries on a routine basis around the world.
Charles Logan: Don't give me a social studies lesson, David. We marched onto Chinese soil, we kidnapped one of their nationals, and in the process the Chinese consul was killed.

Appearances

Preceded By:
James Prescott

Vice President of the United States

Succeeded By:
Hal Gardner

Preceded By:
John Keeler

President of the United States

Succeeded By:
INCUMBENT


Season(s):	4, 5
First Seen:	Day 4 10:00pm-11:00pm
Last Seen:	Day 5 11:00pm-12:00am
Status:	Alive
Wife:	Martha Logan
Played By:	Gregory Itzin