5 One Chicago characters we’d vote for as President

Wallace Boden, Chicago Fire

First of all, doesn’t Chicago Fire‘s Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker) just seem like a President? He’s the boss, and he’s A Boss. Boden carries himself with an authority and integrity that we would call Presidential.

Obviously, he has plenty of experience as an authority figure, having led Firehouse 51 for five and a half seasons now. But it’s not just that he’s done it; it’s how well he’s done it. Every time that he isn’t in charge, the firehouse seems to utterly collapse (like in Chicago Fire season 3 when Chief Pridgen “filled in” for him).

We could see Chicago Med getting a new administrator, and we may have to see Chicago PD‘s Intelligence Unit with a new boss depending on how season 5 ends, but you can’t see Firehouse 51 being led by anyone but Wallace Boden.

Not to mention that over Boden’s tenure, he’s dealt with everything that could be thrown at him and then some. He’s had to fend off the wrath of an irrationally angry Chief Anderson last year, had to discipline various firefighters and paramedics on his team, and battled to keep the house from closing. He has handled so much, so we’d trust him to navigate any national crisis.

Boden gets bonus points because Eamonn Walker has already played a political figure before. He guest starred as Walter Lutulu, a political prisoner coerced to become a public leader, in Cinemax’s Strike Back opposite future Chicago Justice star Philip Winchester.