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In 1984, Reagan won re-election at the age of 73 years, 274 days, and was the oldest person to win a US presidential election until Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election at the age of 77 years, 349 days. Having been elected twice to the presidency, [1] Reagan reshaped the Republican Party, led the modern conservative ...
Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following his landslide victory over Democrat incumbent president Jimmy Carter and independent congressman John B. Anderson in the 1980 presidential election.
Ronald Wilson Reagan [a] (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party and became an important figure in the American conservative movement.
Reagan won the nomination on the first round at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, in July, then chose Bush (his top rival) as his running mate. Reagan, Bush, and Dole would all go on to be the nominees in the next four elections. (Reagan in 1984, Bush in 1988 and 1992, and Dole in 1996).
A look back at the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan on Monday, March 30, 1981. ... Each president elected at 20-year intervals after that had died in office.
May 11 – President Reagan proposes phasing out the current limitations on earning of the retired by three years during a meeting with his Cabinet Council on Human Resources. [90] The Senate votes against proposals to double President Reagan's spending cuts and do away with the 1982 deficit of US$48.8 billion. [ 91 ]
Numerous setbacks, both domestic and international, contributed to President Jimmy Carter's 1980 defeat at the hands of GOP challenger Ronald Reagan, making Carter a one-term president
Presidential election year: Election day: November 4: Incumbent president: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) Next Congress: 97th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican gain: Popular vote margin: Republican +9.7%: Electoral vote: Ronald Reagan (R) 489: Jimmy Carter (D) 49: 1980 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by ...