| December 1: born | 1960 | |
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| summer: Fire at the Lyman house started by a popcorn maker, sister Joanie dies, Josh escapes unharmed | 1968 | |
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| September: Begins undergraduate studies at Harvard (Government) | 1978 | |
| at Harvard | 1979 | |
| at Harvard | 1980 | |
| at Harvard | 1981 | September: Begins undergraduate studies at Princeton (Politics) |
| June: Completes undergraduate studies summer: Begins year abroad in England on Fulbright scholarship | 1982 | at
Princeton December: Gets involved with Carol |
| summer: Completes Fulbright year abroad September: Begins studies at Yale Law School (New Haven, Connecticut) | 1983 | at Princeton October: Spends a week in Washington at a student journalism seminar, meets Andy Keller November: Breaks up with Carol |
| at Yale | 1984 | at
Princeton summer: gets involved with David fall: meets Deirdre McDonnell |
| at Yale fall: Takes a year off from law school to serve as deputy campaign director on Mike Silverstein's Senate campaign November: meets Sam, goes to Connecticut with him, begins flirtation with him | 1985 |
spring: second semester of senior year in D.C. earning course
credit as a congressional aide June: Completes undergraduate studies summer: Begins internship at New York Times November: meets Josh, joins Silverstein campaign for U.S. Senate, applies for law school at both Yale and Duke, goes to Connecticut with Josh, begins flirtation with him December: Meets Lisa, goes back to California for Christmas |
| January: Begins relationship with Sam May: relationship with Sam ends November:Silverstein loses Senate race | 1986 | January: Begins relationship with Josh May: Relationship with Josh ends; chooses Duke instead of Yale law school as a result (Lisa also to Duke) September: Begins law school at Duke November: Moves in with Lisa, as friends |
| June: Completes law school | 1987 | at Duke February: Begins relationship with Lisa |
| working in politics | 1988 | at Duke |
| working in politics | 1989 | at Duke |
| working in politics | 1990 | June: Completes law school summer: Begins job at Dewey Ballantine in New York (Lisa too) |
| September: As Chief of Staff for Congressman Earl Brennan, working on a healthcare bill with Matt Skinner | 1991 | at DB |
| working in politics | 1992 | summer: Leaves DB job for job at Gage Whitney Pace |
| working in politics | 1993 | at GWP |
| working in politics | 1994 | at GWP |
| working in politics | 1995 | at GWP |
| working for Senator John Hoynes | 1996 | at GWP |
| early: Joins Hoynes campaign October: Joins Bartlet campaign November: Gets re-involved with Sam |
1997 | October: Reconnects with
Josh; leaves GWP job for speechwriter position on Bartlet campaign at
Josh's urging; relationship with Lisa ends November: Gets re-involved with Josh |
| November: Bartlet elected, relationship with Sam ends, gets involved with Mandy, appointed Deputy Chief of Staff, | 1998 | November: Bartlet elected, relationship with Josh ends, appointed Deputy Communications Director, |
| January: Begins new job July: Breaks up with Mandy | 1999 | January:
Begins new job September: Meets Laurie November: Begins casually dating Mallory |
| February: Meets Joey Lucas May: Shot and critically wounded November: Comes back to work, gets back together with Sam December: Diagnosed with PTSD | 2000 | January: State of the
Union May: Picture of him and Laurie in paper (stops dating Mallory); shot at, escaped unharmed November: Gets back together with Josh |
| February: Fight with Lisa May: Finds out about Bartlet's MS November: Relationship with Sam ends; re-meets Amy Gardner December: Congressional hearings, tries to intervene to prevent Leo's campaign relapse from coming out | 2001 | January: GDC speech; State of
the Union February: Finds out about father's affair; Lisa visits Washington April: Finds out about tanker crashing into Delaware May: Finds out about Bartlet's MS November: Relationship with Josh ends December: Congressional hearings |
| January: Bartlet accepts a congressional
censure; gets involved with Amy Gardner May: Secret Service agent Simon Donovan shot and killed summer: Relationship with Amy ends November: Bartlet wins reelection; Sam goes out to California to campaign; takes on unofficial consulting role in Sam's campaign | 2002 | January:
Bartlet accepts a congressional censure; State of the Union, Lisa visits
White House October: Meets Will Bailey, manager for dead candidate Horton Wilde's congressional campaign; offers his name to run in special election if Wilde wins November: Bartlet wins reelection; Wilde wins the California 47th; goes out to California to campaign |
| March: Convinces Sam to stay in California to
prepare for a Senate run May: Zoey Bartlet kidnapped June: Briefly gets back together with Amy Gardner July: Tangles with Idaho Senator Carrick, who leaves the party and decides to run as a Republican in the next election November: Redeems himself during a government shutdown over the budget | 2003 | January: Series of two
Congressional debates with incumbent Chuck Webb March: Loses Congressional election, decides to stay in California to prepare for a Senate run August: Is offered and takes a job with Braddock and Crick, a law firm in downtown LA |
| May: Donna is injured in a terrorist blast in
Gaza, Josh goes to Germany to sit by her bedside June: Leo has a heart attack and leaves the Chief of Staff position, Josh is turned down for that promotion, also meets Matt Santos | 2004 | August: At a Common Cause
event in San Francisco, meets Valerie Ward and shortly thereafter, begins
dating her |
| October: Donna quits, Josh first goes to Texas
to convince Santos to run for president, then leaves White House to take
job as his campaign manager | 2005 | at B&C, campaigning part-time |
| January: Santos comes in third in the New
Hampshire primary May: Santos wins California primary July: At the Democratic National Convention in California, Santos wins nomination, Donna tries to get hired on to Santos campaign but Josh turns her down October: Kisses Donna after getting the results of a good poll, nuclear accident in San Andreo, California turns the campaign in Santos' favor November: Election day, sleeps with Donna for the first time, Leo dies December: Donna starts sleeping at Josh's place full-time | 2006 | February: Gets engaged to Valerie July: Gives speech at the convention in California November: Father dies, Leo dies, Josh comes to California to convince him to take job as Deputy Chief of Staff, after consulting with Valerie, he takes it |
| January: Assumes job as Chief of Staff to
President Matt Santos April: Attends Sam's wedding with Donna | 2007 | January: Takes
job as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Santos White House April: Marries Valerie in California |