House of Cards Characters — Spoiler-Safe Guide
Every tracked character in House of Cards (2013–2018, Netflix) with spoiler-safe bios and relationship maps. We track 9 characters across 3 groups: The Underwoods, Washington, The Press.
Characters are grouped by the season they first appear in — scroll only as far as you've watched. Each page describes a character strictly as of their introduction.
Introduced in Season 1
- Frank Underwood — The whip who was passed over · first appears S1 · E1
- Claire Underwood — The other half of the arrangement · first appears S1 · E1
- Zoe Barnes — The reporter who took the stairs · first appears S1 · E1
- Doug Stamper — The chief of staff who handles it · first appears S1 · E1
- Peter Russo — The congressman with two lives · first appears S1 · E1
- Linda Vasquez — The chief of staff who said no · first appears S1 · E1
- President Garrett Walker — The president in the middle · first appears S1 · E1
- Rachel Posner — The witness who knows too much · first appears S1 · E2
- Remy Danton — The lobbyist who left the building · first appears S1 · E3
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