Madison Lawson

## Other Information

### Occupation

White House Chief of Staff (2024-2025)Deputy National Security Advisor (2023-2024)

Chief of Staff to the FBI Director (2021-2023)

District Attorney for Allegheny, North Carolina (2019-2021)

Attorney Advisor for the United States Department of Justice (2017-2019)

Law Clerk, serving under Associate Justice Elena Kagen (2014-2017)

### Political Party

Republican

Secretary Madison Lawson is an American attorney, businesswoman, political strategist and activist. She's served as the 88th United States Secretary of the Treasury, the 52nd United States Secretary of Commerce and as 34th and 37th White House Chief of Staff. She has also served as Deputy National Security Advisor to the President, she also formerly served as Chief of Staff to FBI Director Emily Griffin, and District Attorney for Allegheny County. In April of 2024 White House Chief of Staff Kylie Metcalfe announced her intention to resign in October of 2024 to focus on her Senate Campaign, she also announced that Payne would replace her for the last months of the administration. On December 5th, 2024, Brennon Cannill announced that him and Lawson had reached an agreement that she would stay on as White House Chief of Staff for the first few months of his second term until he could find a proper Chief of Staff for his administration. She resigned from her position as Chief of Staff on August 16th and was replaced by Clara Smithson. She later came to join the Griffin Administration at the request of First Lady Emily Griffin, her sister-in-law. She stayed as Chief of Staff in the Lawson Administration succeeding Griffin, however was dismissed after she refused to participate in Lawson’s Planned War in Pakistan fearing it would cause global instability.

She was later appointed as the 52nd United States Secretary of Commerce in the Administration of Emily Griffin. She was heavily criticized during her tenure as Commerce Secretary for the major breakdown in Mexican-American Trade Relations. She would resign from this position on February 1st, 2043 after heavy criticism.

She would enter the private sector as a member of the Board of Directors for the Lawson Group and was made Executive Vice President of the Mary Lawson Center. During her time in the private sector her popularity increased exponentially from her tenure as Commerce Secretary and for a time she was considered a potential candidate for the Republican Nomination in 2049. She publicly expressed interest in a campaign however, she opted not to run instead endorsing the frontrunner, Former President Arthur Griffin.

She would later be appointed as the 88th United States Secretary of the Treasury by President Arthur Griffin in 2049.

## Biography

Madison Lawson was born Madison Katherine Payne to Betty Payne a Nurse and Joseph Payne, A US Army General who served as Commander of US Pacific Command.

(June 12th, 2019 - May 2nd, 2021)
 John Hayes Reeves | 14th Chief of Staff to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(May 2nd, 2021 - June 19th, 2023)
(June 19th, 2023 - October 7th, 2024)
 Kylie Metcalfe

**Robert Achel**
(October 7th, 2024 - August 16th, 2025)
(May 5th, 2029 - March 6th, 2039)
(February 25th, 2041 - September 1st, 2043)
(February 24th, 2049 - January 20th, 2053)
 Annabelle Grey Rhodes | Second Lady of the United States
(January 20th, 2069 - Present)