Take 5: Hail to the female chief

When we celebrate Presidents Day Monday, we'll think about all 43 of the men who have served as chief executive (yes, even you, Millard Fillmore). Someday in the future, we may even be able to add a woman to this illustrious group. Until then, we can only offer up these five female presidents whom we've seen on TV:

1. PRESIDENT JULIA MANSFIELD (Patty Duke, "Hail to the Chief," 1985) -- She was the first female U.S. president in this short-lived comedy created by "Soap's" Susan Harris. The semi-serialized structure of "Chief" was similar to that of "Soap" (without the success).

2. PRESIDENT MACKENZIE ALLEN (Geena Davis, "Commander in Chief," 2005-06) -- She, too, was the first female U.S. president; she had been vice president but took office when the president died of a cerebral aneurysm.

3. PRESIDENT CAROLINE REYNOLDS (Patricia Wettig, "Prison Break," 2006) -- She, too, started out as vice president. But she took over the Oval Office by a rather unconventional route -- she poisoned the sitting president.

4. PRESIDENT ALLISON TAYLOR (Cherry Jones, "24," 2008-10) -- Broadway star Jones won an Emmy for her role as a chief executive said to be modeled on Hillary Clinton (who, fortunately for her, never had to meet anyone like Jack Bauer).

5. PRESIDENT SALLY SHERIDAN (Mimi Kuzyk, "XIII," 2009) -- In this conspiracy-thriller miniseries, the action began when President Sheridan (she, again, was the first female U.S. president) was killed by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech.