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Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. In my case, my best friend Jay Carson, who I went to college with, I sort of based the movie Ides of March and the play Farragut North on him — [he's] this wunderkind political operative. By the age of 26, he was Howard Dean's national spokesman for the '04 race. And two years before that at the ripe old age of 24, he had been [Tom] Daschle's press secretary when Daschle was Senate Majority Leader. And, through him, I got a bit of a bird's eye view, so I had my in-the-trenches perspective, but through Jay I could climb up the mountain a bit and peek at the summit. Beau Willimon also wrote the political drama Farragut North, which he, George Clooney and Grant Heslov adapted into the film The Ides of March.
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With the special election in chaos, Underwood convinces the Vice President to step down and run for his old position of governor – leaving the Vice Presidency open to Underwood, as was his plan all along. Underwood is introduced to Missouri billionaire Raymond Tusk, Walker's friend and advisor. Underwood counter-proposes to Tusk that they work together to fulfill both their interests, which Tusk accepts.
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Shortly after the end of his presidency, Underwood was interested in starting a foundation and turned toward Bill Shepherd and Annette Shepherd. News breaks that Cathy will testify in front of the Declaration of War committee. Hammerschimdt is given a "birthday card" with a computer chip in it from an unknown source. Underwood is informed that Garrett Walker will be testifying before the committee. Though he is expected to plead the fifth, tension arises when Underwood and Walker meet before he testifies. Walker testifies and breaks his silence, revealing that Underwood was the one who got Walker involved in the China/money dealings.
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The Underwoods convince Doug to take the fall for killing Zoe, and the leaker is revealed to be Frank himself. The leaks are revealed to be part of Frank's master plan to resign the presidency to Claire, believing his thirst for power can be better achieved in the private sector, working alongside his wife's presidency. Frank, concerned about Secretary Durant's intention to testify at the impeachment hearing, pushes her down a short flight of stairs upon accepting her resignation, hospitalizing her.
Underwood goes to the Jordan valley to meet with Petrov months later, and Petrov agrees to relinquish control of the Jordan Valley if Claire steps down as ambassador to the United Nations. Claire ultimately steps down, though this strains the relationship between Claire and Underwood. Despite urging from Claire to read a forged apology, Corrigan hung himself in his jail cell, prompting Claire to publicly shame Petrov. Either way, after the debate Underwood takes charge and garners support when a child dies during school hours. He arranged a meeting with Spinella to come to a compromise which Underwood had promised.
Done mainly through back channels with Democratic governors, this is officially done in the name of safety, but in practice disenfranchises rural Republican voters. To keep the strategy of fear going, Doug blackmails hacker Aidan Macallan into launching a massive cyberattack on the NSA, slowing down Internet traffic and wiping out hundreds of thousands of files. On Election Day, the result hinges on Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Ohio. Underwood's political machine stages a terrorist attack in Knoxville, Tennessee, which is pinned on a local suspected ICO sympathizer.
Underwood was elected at the age of 25 to the South Carolina State Senate as one of the youngest members in the state's legislative history after graduating from Harvard in 1984. He was re-elected to the state senate at 29 in 1988 for his second, and last, term as a State Senator. We’ve seen Frank spend so much time with his right-hand man Doug Stamper in the Capitol that we can’t imagine not visiting The Hill. There are plenty of tours you can take where all the wheeling and dealing goes down. You can sign up to take a tour of Congressman or Senator’s offices, or one of the entire Capitol itself.
They cross off every name, as they attempt to build up to Underwood becoming the Vice President. The 2016 presidential election was an unusual one, where neither Conway or Underwood garnered the necessary 270 electoral votes to win, since the states of Ohio and Tennessee refused to certify the results. The two states called for a second round in 2017, leading to Underwood's victory. In Doug's mind, he killed Frank "to protect the legacy from the man" and stop his boss from tarnishing everything Frank had accomplished before he resigned.
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According to series producer Beau Willimon, the change in last name stemmed from the "Dickensian" feeling and "more legitimately American" sounding resonance of the name 'Underwood'. Whereas Urquhart is an aristocrat by birth, Underwood is a self-made man, having been born into a poor Southern family with an alcoholic father. Urquhart was one of television's first antiheroes, whereas Underwood follows the more recent rash of antiheroes that includes Tony Soprano of The Sopranos, Walter White of Breaking Bad, and Dexter Morgan of Dexter. However, unlike most other antiheroes, Underwood is not forced into immorality either by circumstance (White), birth (Soprano) or upbringing (Morgan). Unlike the right wing Urquhart, who leads the Conservative Party, Underwood is a member of the Democratic Party, but cares little for ideology in favor of "ruthless pragmatism" in furthering his own political influence and power. Spacey has received positive reviews for his portrayal of Underwood, but the character itself has been criticized for its repetitive nature and one-dimensionality.
Knowing that he was unhappy, and very eager to feel important once more, as well as having freed up a space for Governor, Underwood suggests the Vice President as Governor. Heartily agree, a decision further amounted to, because of an evident dislike for one another. Underwood ensures they are both aware of this mutual dislike, by mentioning their comments told in confidence to him, to the other.As the V.P. Campaigns for the certain victory, Underwood and White House Chief of Staff, Linda Vasquez, create a fake list of Vice Presidential nominees.The nominees are incompetent and definitely not appropriate. This leads the President to become desperate and be ready to say yes to anything.
In House of Cards, Kevin Spacey plays Frank Underwood, a politician who climbs to power using ruthless manipulation. When Frank refuses to reinstate Doug as his Chief of Staff, Doug appears to switch sides and begins working for Dunbar. Gavin helps Doug track down Rachel and delivers findings purporting that she is dead, causing Doug to suffer a relapse. When Gavin reveals that Rachel is really alive, Doug brutalizes him into divulging her location.
The day after Underwood's Iowa victory, Claire says that she is leaving Underwood, and flies to Texas to stay with her mother. Underwood, while in New Hampshire, continues his campaign under much stress without Claire. She pulls a piece of the broken mirror and stabs Underwood in the gut.
She eventually leaves the Herald due to a conflict with her superior and joins Slugline. She finally teams up with Skorsky after both had left the Herald; despite their professional competition, they respect each other's work ethic and have the same goals in mind. Both end up at Slugline and together they unearth the hidden details regarding Russo's DUI cover-up and his death. Underwood was first elected to public office in 1984 at the age of 25 as a member for the South Carolina State Senate, as one of the youngest state legislators in state history. Underwood attended military college at "The Sentinel", based on The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. He began attending the academy just after Jimmy Carter had been elected president in 1976.
In his senior year, his grades suffered when he volunteered for a U.S. Senate campaign in the fall 1980 and was nearly expelled from the military college. Despite his poor grades, Underwood was accepted and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1984. He had a sexual and romantic relationship while in military college with another cadet, Tim Corbet. His father was a peach farmer in Gaffney, South Carolina, who died of a heart attack at the age of 43. Underwood has stated that he and his father had nothing in common whatsoever, and upon his father's death, he felt neither regret nor remorse.
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