Herbert 'Herb' Douglas

Herbert Douglas is a private, long‑time neighbor once living next door to President Josiah Bartlet. He operates offstage as a local grievance node whose personal annoyance can become a small political liability; staffers consider him a plausible source or subject for wire stories and neighborhood gossip. Current episode mentions underline his potential resentment—framed by Bartlet’s rueful admission that he "accidentally ran them over with my car"—which reinforces Douglas’s narrative role as an individualized, domestically rooted irritant who converts private slights into public risk.