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Ronald Wilson Reagan was born February 6, , in Tampico, Illinois, the son of Nelle Wilson Reagan and John Reagan. He was educated in Illinois public schools and graduated from Eureka College in , with a degree in economics and sociology.

Following a brief career as a sports broadcaster and editor, President Reagan moved to California to work in motion pictures. His film career, interrupted by three years of service in the Army Air Corps during World War II, encompassed 53 feature-length motion pictures.

He served six terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild and two terms as president of the Motion Picture Industry Council.

In , he married Nancy Davis. They had two children, Patricia Ann and Ronald Prescott. President Reagan had another daughter, Maureen Elizabeth and an adopted son, Michael Edward, from a previous marriage.

From motion pictures, he went into television in the ’s, as production supervisor and host of “General Electric Theatre.” In , he was host of the television series, “Death Valley Days.”

In , Ronald Reagan was elected Governor of California, by nearly a million-vote margin. He served as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association in He was elected to a second term as Governor of California in After completing his second term, he began a nationally syndicated radio commentary program and several newspaper columns. He also undertook an extensive schedule of speeches to civic, business and political groups.

In , the American people overwhelmingly elected him their fortieth president. Proclaiming an era of national renewal at his inauguration, President Reagan articulated a clear vision of American national purpose based upon his passionate conviction, shared with the people, that the United States represents the “last, best hope” for human freedom, dignity, and democracy in the world.

On November 6, he won a landslide re-election t

02/06/   Born in Tampico, IL to Jack and Nelle Reagan.  His older brother Neil [Moon] was born in

12/06/ After a series of homes in Illinois: Chicago, Galesburg, Monmouth, and Tampico, the Reagans settled in Dixon, IL. Ronald Reagan always considered Dixon as his home town.

Summer Young Ronald Reagan worked his first job at Lowell Park in Dixon as a lifeguard on the Rock River. In the next seven summers he was credited with saving seventy-seven lives.

June Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he participated in basketball, drama, football and track. Showing early leadership ability, he also served as student body president.
Fall June Reagan attended Eureka (Illinois) College, a small liberal arts institution, and majored in economics and sociology. During his sophomore year, Reagan became interested in drama.

June Reagan graduated from Eureka College with a B.A. degree in Economics and Sociology. He participated in drama, football and swimming. Once again, his young leadership ability was evident as he served as student body president and helped organize a student strike. During this time, Reagan was a committed Democrat. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's populist rhetoric appealed to Reagan and later influenced Reagan's speaking style.
Fall Reagan, along with his father, supported Franklin D. Roosevelt for President. Reagan continually looks for work as a new college graduate.
December Reagan was hired as a temporary staff announcer at radio station WOC in Davenport, Iowa. His temporary post was completed, but the station, and listeners like him so much he was brought back as a full-time sports announcer.

April WOC Radio merged with WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa and Reagan moved to Des Moines as chief sports announcer and a much wider audience. "Dutch" Reagan narrated Chicago Cub home games based on telegraph reports

Through Ronald Reagan's eight years in office, the cold war came to an end, the country seemed to regain its morale, and Americans enjoyed an extended economic boom.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to John Reagan, a shoe salesman, and his wife Nelle in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, He worked his way through Eureka College. There, he played on the football team and acted in school plays. Upon graduation, he became a radio sports announcer. A screen test in won him a contract with Warner Brothers in Hollywood. During the next two decades, he appeared in 53 films, including "Kings Row" and "Knute Rockne, All American." During a first marriage to actress Jane Wyman, he had two children, Maureen and Michael.

After World War II, his marriage failed, and in , he married actress Nancy Davis, who brought him children Patti and Ronald. Elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, Reagan fought communism in the film industry and grew more conservative. As host of "GE Theater," he toured the country and became a spokesman for conservatism. In , he defeated incumbent Pat Brown to become governor of California, and was reelected in

In , he narrowly missed taking the Republican nomination away from President Ford, but prevailed in the primaries. For most of the fall campaign, Reagan ran close to President Carter. Voters were troubled by high inflation and unemployment, America's failure to prevent the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the year-long confinement of American hostages in Iran, but they were nervous about Reagan's lack of foreign policy experience and what some found his excessive hostility towards the Soviet Union. But 10 days before the election, debating with Carter, Reagan resolved those doubts in a bravura performance, asking Americans, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" The result was a landslide of electoral votes to 49 for Carter.

During his first months in office, Reagan persuaded Congress to expand the defense budget, cut taxe

Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, followed a unique path to the White House. After successful careers as a radio sports announcer, Hollywood movie actor, and television host, he turned to politics and was elected governor of California in , serving eight years. He ran unsuccessfully for President in and , but in , during a time of U.S. economic troubles and foreign policy difficulties, he won the Republican presidential nomination in a contest with George H.W. Bush and others and defeated President Jimmy Carter in the general election.

When Reagan took office, public confidence in government was at its lowest ebb since the Great Depression. Reagan largely succeeded in his goal of "making the American people believe in themselves again;" he called this the greatest accomplishment of his presidency. 1n , Reagan was reelected to a second term in a state landslide. During the eight years of his presidency, he reshaped national politics and carried out his campaign promises to cut taxes and increase the defense budget, using the latter as leverage to negotiate significant arms control agreements with the Soviet Union. Despite some setbacks, including notable budget deficits, Reagan left office in with strong approval ratings. His presidency has been ranked highly by the American people in subsequent polls. Reagan died on June 5,

Reagan Before Politics

Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, , in Tampico, Illinois. His family—father Jack, mother Nelle, and older brother Neil—moved to a succession of towns in Illinois, as his nomadic father searched for sales work. In , the Reagans settled in Dixon, which Ronald Reagan considered his hometown.

Ronald's gregarious father, Jack Reagan, had a grade-school education and a gift of salesmanship. He was an able salesman but was hampered by persistent alcoholism. He died in Ronald's mother, Nelle Wilson Reagan, nurtured and encouraged her sons and gave freely to