Pete Ross

Pete Ross is a skilled politician. He was Vice President under the Luthor administration, and succeeded Lex Luthor as President after Luthor's impeachment. He is also one of Clark Kent's closest childhood friends (many would say his best friend) from Smallville, and one of the few people in the world who know that Clark is Superman. He's assisted Clark many times when he was Superboy to keep his identity a secret, and was consistently there for Clark, along with Lana Lang. Despite being Luthor's VP, Pete Ross is an honest, skilled, non-corrupt politician - one of the main reasons he was picked for the spot. After an encounter with Time Trapper which had him encounter future heroes like Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, Pete was made an honorary member of the 30th century Legion of Super-Heroes.