Thomas J. Whitmore, President

Thomas J. Whitmore is the President of Washington DC and is also Patricia's father and The First Lady's husband. After hearing about the alien attack, he doesn't worry about it, and refuses to evacuate. After seeing the mothership at the entrance of The White House, he thinks twice. He decides to leave and evacuates. He was concered about his wife and keeps asking if his wife is in the air. When The First Lady is in the hospital, he spends The First Lady's last minute with her and has a cry after her death. He doesn't like David after the argument he had with David before he was President and is not happy about Constance Spano's husband and broke father being in The White House. After seeing the laptop, at 27:15 before the destruction, he likes David a bit more and thanks him for getting them to evacuate early. They leave The White House on a plane 9:19 minutes before the attack! He talks to an alien while in the lab and gets a nasty reply. He loves Patricia a lot and looks after her a lot after The First Lady's death. He loves politics and doesn't like air travel.