Ronald Wilson Reagan (
February 6,
1911 –
June 5,
2004) was the 40th
President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd
Governor of California (1967 – 1975). Reagan was born and raised in
Illinois and moved to
California in the 1930s. Before entering politics, he was a Hollywood actor, President of the
Screen Actors Guild, and a spokesman for
General Electric. Previously a
New Deal Democrat, Reagan became a
conservative Republican in 1962. During his work for General Electric Theatre, he began to articulate the political themes that would carry him into the California Governorship, which he won in
1966, and the Presidency of the United States, which he narrowly lost a bid for in
1976 before winning in
1980.
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