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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1980.81.5.1
Ronald Reagan
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1980.81.5.1

Ronald Reagan

American, 1911 - 2004
Governor of California (1967-1970)
Governor of California (1971-1975)
Republican Presidential Candidate (1968)
Republican Presidential Candidate (1976)
U.S. President (1981-1984)
U.S. President (1985-1989)

Ronald Reagan was the Republican governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Reagan, dubbed the "Great Communicator," served two-term as president. Reagan is credited with securing a nuclear weapons reduction pact with the Soviets and hastening the end of the Cold War.
President of the Screen Actors Guild (1959-1960, 1947-1952)
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