Ronald Reagan

BIRTH NAME
Ronald Wilson Reagan

POLITICAL PARTY
Republican

RELIGION
Presbyterian

EDUCATION
Eureka College B.A. 1932

VITALS
6 ft 1 in / 185 lbs

CAREER
1932-36 Sportscaster, Chicago Cubs, Davenport & Des Moines, Iowa
1937-65 Movie & TV Actor, Hollywood, California
1937-45 Private, then second lieutenant, 323rd Cavalry Regiment, Burbank, California
1947-52 President, Screen Actors Guild
1959-60 President, Screen Actors Guild
1967-75 Governor of California

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
November 4, 1980
Popular: Reagan 43,904,153 (51%) Jimmy Carter 35,483,883 (41%) John Anderson 5,720,060 (7%)
Electoral: Reagan 489 Carter 49
November 6, 1984
Popular: Reagan 54,455,075 (59%) Walter Mondale 37,577,185 (41%)
Electoral: Reagan 525 Mondale 13

VICE PRESIDENT
George H.W. Bush (1981-89)

ADMINISTRATION
Iran hostages released, Assassination attempt, Striking air traffic controllers fired (1981); Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), U.S. Marine barracks bombed in Beirut, Lebanon, Grenada invaded (1983); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (1985); U.S. bombs Libya, Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland (1986); Iran arms sale fund Nicaraguan contras (1986); Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (1987)

SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Sandra O’Connor, William H. Rehnquist (Chief), Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy

FIRST LADY
Anne “Nancy” Francis Robbins Davis (1981-89)

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Speech at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany, June 12, 1987

Portrait of Ronald Reagan by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1991.