Peter Florrick

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Peter Florrick
47th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 2017 – August 29, 2020
Preceded byBarack Obama
42nd Governor of Illinois
In office
January 12, 2015 – January 7, 2017
Preceded byPat Quinn
Succeeded byPaul Vallas
State's Attorney of Cook County
In office
December 1, 2008 – January 1, 2015
Preceded byGlen Childs
Succeeded byWendy Scott Carr
In office
December 1, 2000 – June 21, 2007
Preceded byRichard A. Devine
Succeeded byGlen Childs
Personal details
Born
Peter Wallace Florrick

(1964-11-13)November 13, 1964
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Alicia Cavanaugh
(m. 1994; div. 2018)
Children
  • Zach
  • Grace
Parents
  • James Florrick
  • Jackie Florrick
Education
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

Peter Wallace Florrick (born November 13, 1964) is an American lawyer and retired politician who served as the 46th president of the United States from 2017 until his resignation in 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2014 to 2016 and was the Cook County State's Attorney from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2009 until 2014. A moderate Democrat, his presidency saw the ending of the war in Afghanistan with the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the nomination and later confirmation of the first Asian American Supreme Court justice Goodwin Liu, the passing of the Ocasio-Cortez Green New Deal Act, and the multiple scandals and corruption allegations which later ended in his resignation and later prosecution.

Born in Chicago to James Florrick, an influential Illinois appellate judge, and Jackie Florrick, he graduated from the University of Chicago in 1987, majoring in political science. During this time he was a congressional aide and the protégée of U.S. Senator from Illinois Paul Simon, and helped him form his presidential run in 1988. Florrick would go on to attend the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1990. He began his early law career following in his father's footsteps as a family law attorney. In 1991, he would join the Cook County State's Attorney as a assistant state's attorney (ASA) specializing in the white collar crime unit. In 1999 he announced his campaign for Cook County State's Attorney in the 2000 Illinois elections. He won in an upset victory unseating incumbent state's attorney Richard Devine.