Corey Tolliver

representational symbolic cherished principled familial anchor wounded dignified defensive

Corey Tolliver is the ten-day-old daughter of Captain Morris Tolliver and his wife Angela. She appears only as a cherished baby photograph exchanged in the Oval Office, functioning as a private, humanizing anchor for her father's relationship with the administration. Corey’s photographic presence concentrates Morris’s domestic obligations and personal stakes, softening the White House’s professional machinery and shaping how colleagues perceive his loyalty and vulnerability. Though non‑active, she materially influences emotional tone and motivates staff behavior around Morris and the President.

3 appearances

Stand-up comedy at political fundraisers

Also known as: Corey

Corey Tolliver's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Outer Oval Triage — Draft Handoff and Morris' Offer

Innocently emblematic of vulnerability

Corey exists solely as a palm-sized photo produced by Morris, admired by Leo ('knockout'), named alongside mother Angela, passed to Margaret for distraction—anchoring the conversation in new fatherhood.

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S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Shot, Photo, and the Burden of Command

Innocent emblem of new life

Corey manifests solely as a cherished ten-day-old baby photograph passed between Morris and Bartlet, inspected admiringly, praised for beauty, and returned, humanizing Morris and softening the Oval's intensity.

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S2E12 · The Drop-In

C.J. and Corey's Raw Reckoning: Laughter, Wounds, and Reluctant Truce

Righteously insulted with underlying wounded pride

Corey interrupts to passionately defend his NYPD joke as fitting for a black comedian at a Democratic fundraiser, reveals Bartlet's laughter as a career highlight, vents insulted hurt over Sykes' …

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