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Elizabeth Lanford (1963 – 2016) was an American politician who served as the 45th President of the United States, the first woman to hold the office. Lanford was also the first female Vice President under President Lucas Jacobs from 2005 to 2013. During the War of 2016, Lanford and her cabinet were killed by Harvesters in the Cheyenne bunker in Colorado, while being personally killed by the Queen shortly after in a deleted scene.

General Joshua T. Adams, being the highest-ranking government official, was then sworn in as Lanford's successor.

Biography

Background

Lanford lost her entire family during the War of 1996. This tragedy made her hardened, tough, and determined to lead her nation with conviction.

War of 2016

During the upcoming 20th anniversary of the War of 1996, an unknown alien spaceship appeared near the Moon. As a member of the UN Security Council, Lanford cast in the decisive vote to destroy the spaceship on assumption that it is hostile, much to the protest of ESD Director David Levinson.

As the festivity for the July 4th celebrations proceeded in Washington, D.C., the aliens from the War of 1996 returned in full force. Lanford and her Cabinet were immediately evacuated to Cheyenne before the Harvester Mothership landed and completely devastated the American east coast.

Once Lanford and her Cabinet arrived in the Cheyenne Bunker she ordered a full retaliatory strike against the harvester ship and watched as ESD pilots begin attacking the ship, and eventually went inside the craft. In the resulting battle, and subsequent deactivation of the ESD fighters and bombers, Lanford gave a presidential order to detonate the remaining cold fusion bombs, only to see the blasts contained by portable alien shields.

After the attack, the Mothership emitted a world wide EMP blast that knocked out the satellites around Earth, crippling the ESD and any other forms of communication, allowing an alien strike force to attack the bunker and launching an assault upon Lanford's cabinet. Despite facing her certain death, Lanford refused to give in to fear, defiantly telling the aliens that "There will be no peace."

In the following battle, everyone but Lanford was killed by the aliens, while Lanford herself was taken to the Queen's ship. There she was interrogated by the Queen (using Tanner's body to communicate), who demanded to know where the Sphere was located. Landford revealed that it had been shot down, but refused to divulge anything further, taunting the Queen that even if she were to die, other people would take her place (as, unknown to her, Adams had). Shortly after, the Queen detected the Sphere's location and departed to track it down, but not before personally killing Lanford by stepping her foot on Lanford like a human hand striking an ant.

Gallery

Lanford's Deleted Death Scene

Memorable Quotes

"The countless lives that we lost in the War of 96' did not perish in vain. They inspired us to rise from the ashes as one people of one world. For 20 years, the world has seen no armed conflict. Nations have put their petty differences aside. United, we built our families, our cities and our lives. The fusion of human and alien technology not only enabled us to defy gravity and travel with unimaginable speed it also made our planet, finally, safe again.

- Lanford reading Patricia Whitmore's speech."

―{{{2}}}

Appearances

Independence Day: Crucible (first appearance)
Independence Day: Resurgence (novel)
Independence Day: Resurgence

Behind the Scenes

Actress Sela Ward previously starred in Roland Emmerich's movie The Day After Tomorrow (2004) as Dr. Lucy Hall, the wife of the movie's protagonist.
Lanford's ending in the film's novelization is quite different from the film, as she is written as having been taken into the Queen's personal ship and interrogated by the Queen herself. In the film, she is killed by the Harvesters, and in the home media release's deleted scenes, the Queen kills her shortly before leaving to reach Area 51.
- In 2 deleted scenes, everyone but Lanford was killed by the aliens, while Lanford herself was taken to the Harvester Queen's ship. There she was interrogated by the Queen (using Tanner's body to communicate), who demanded to know where the Sphere was located. Landford revealed that it had been shot down, but refused to divulge anything further, taunting the Queen that even if she were to die, other people would take her place (as, unknown to her, Adams had). Shortly after, the Queen detected the Sphere's location and departed to track it down, but not before personally killing Lanford.
Actress Susan Sarandon was originally to portray Lanford.

Political offices
Preceded by Lucas Jacobs	President of the United States 2013–2016	Succeeded by Joshua T. Adams
Preceded by Stephen Bell	Vice President of the United States 2005-2013	Succeeded by

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-'''Elizabeth Lanford''' (1963 – 2016) was an American politician who served as the 45th [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]], the first woman to hold the office. Lanford was also the first female Vice President under President [[Lucas Jacobs]] from 2005 to 2013. During the [[War of 2016]], Lanford's cabinet were killed by aliens in the Cheyenne bunker in Colorado, with Lanford herself being personally killed by the Queen shortly after.
+'''Elizabeth Lanford''' (1963 – 2016) was an American politician who served as the 45th [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]], the first woman to hold the office. Lanford was also the first female Vice President under President [[Lucas Jacobs]] from 2005 to 2013. During the [[War of 2016]], Lanford and her cabinet were killed by [[Harvesters]] in the Cheyenne bunker in Colorado, while being personally killed by the Queen shortly after in a deleted scene.
 General [[Joshua T. Adams]], being the highest-ranking government official, was then sworn in as Lanford's successor.
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 During the upcoming 20th anniversary of the War of 1996, an unknown alien spaceship appeared near the [[Moon]]. As a member of the UN Security Council, Lanford cast in the decisive vote to destroy the spaceship on assumption that it is hostile, much to the protest of ESD Director [[David Levinson]].
-As the festivity for the July 4th celebrations proceeded in [[Washington, D.C.]], the aliens from the War of 1996 returned in full force. Lanford and her Cabinet were immediately evacuated to Cheyenne before the [[Harvester|alien mothership]] landed and completely devastated the American east coast.
+As the festivity for the July 4th celebrations proceeded in [[Washington, D.C.]], the aliens from the War of 1996 returned in full force. Lanford and her Cabinet were immediately evacuated to Cheyenne before the [[Harvester Mothership]] landed and completely devastated the American east coast.
 Once Lanford and her Cabinet arrived in the Cheyenne Bunker she ordered a full retaliatory strike against the harvester ship and watched as ESD pilots begin attacking the ship, and eventually went inside the craft. In the resulting battle, and subsequent deactivation of the ESD fighters and bombers, Lanford gave a presidential order to detonate the remaining cold fusion bombs, only to see the blasts contained by portable alien shields.
-After the attack, the harvester emitted a world wide EMP blast that knocked out the satellites around Earth, crippling the ESD and any other forms of communication, allowing an alien strike force to attack the bunker and launching an assault upon Lanford's cabinet. Despite facing her certain death, Lanford refused to give in to fear, defiantly telling the aliens that "There will be no peace."
+After the attack, the Mothership emitted a world wide EMP blast that knocked out the satellites around Earth, crippling the ESD and any other forms of communication, allowing an alien strike force to attack the bunker and launching an assault upon Lanford's cabinet. Despite facing her certain death, Lanford refused to give in to fear, defiantly telling the aliens that "There will be no peace."
-In the following battle, everyone but Lanford was killed by the aliens, while Lanford herself was taken to the Queen's ship. There she was interrogated by the Queen (using Tanner's body to communicate), who demanded to know where the [[Sphere]] was located. Landford revealed that it had been shot down, but refused to divulge anything further, taunting the Queen that even if she were to die, other people would take her place (as, unknown to her, Adams had). Shortly after, the Queen detected the Sphere's location and departed to track it down, but not before personally killing Lanford.
+In the following battle, everyone but Lanford was killed by the aliens, while Lanford herself was taken to the Queen's ship. There she was interrogated by the Queen (using Tanner's body to communicate), who demanded to know where the [[Sphere]] was located. Landford revealed that it had been shot down, but refused to divulge anything further, taunting the Queen that even if she were to die, other people would take her place (as, unknown to her, Adams had). Shortly after, the Queen detected the Sphere's location and departed to track it down, but not before personally killing Lanford by stepping her foot on Lanford like a human hand striking an ant.
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+==Memorable Quotes==
+{{Quote|The countless lives that we lost in the War of 96' did not perish in vain. They inspired us to rise from the ashes as one people of one world. For 20 years, the world has seen no armed conflict. Nations have put their petty differences aside. United, we built our families, our cities and our lives. The fusion of human and alien technology not only enabled us to defy gravity and travel with unimaginable speed it also made our planet, finally, safe again.
+- Lanford reading Patricia Whitmore's speech.}}
 ==Appearances==
 *''[[Independence Day: Crucible]]'' {{c|first appearance}}
-*''[[Independence Day: Resurgence (novelization)]]''
+*[[Independence Day: Resurgence (novel)|''Independence Day: Resurgence'' (novel)]]
 *''[[Independence Day: Resurgence]]''
 ==Behind the Scenes==
 *Actress Sela Ward previously starred in Roland Emmerich's movie ''The Day After Tomorrow'' (2004) as Dr. Lucy Hall, the wife of the movie's protagonist.
-*Lanford's ending in the film's novelization is quite different from the film, as she is written as having been taken into the Queen's personal ship and interrogated by the Queen herself. Her ultimate fate is not shown in the official release, but included in the home media release's deleted scenes in which the Queen kills her shortly before leaving to reach Area 51.
+*Lanford's ending in the film's novelization is quite different from the film, as she is written as having been taken into the Queen's personal ship and interrogated by the Queen herself. In the film, she is killed by the Harvesters, and in the home media release's deleted scenes, the Queen kills her shortly before leaving to reach Area 51.
+** In 2 deleted scenes, everyone but Lanford was killed by the aliens, while Lanford herself was taken to the [[Harvester Queen]]'s [[Queen's ship|ship]]. There she was interrogated by the Queen (using [[Reese Tanner|Tanner]]'s body to communicate), who demanded to know where the Sphere was located. Landford revealed that it had been shot down, but refused to divulge anything further, taunting the Queen that even if she were to die, other people would take her place (as, unknown to her, Adams had). Shortly after, the Queen detected the Sphere's location and departed to track it down, but not before personally killing Lanford.
-*Actress Susan Sarandon was originally to portray Landford.
+*Actress Susan Sarandon was originally to portray Lanford.
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