40. RONALD W. REAGAN (1981-1989)

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Reagan Presidential Library
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Public Papers (Reagan Library)
Papers (American Presidency Project)
Major Speeches (Reagan Library, Miller Center)
Reagan Legacy Series (C-SPAN)
Transition Interviews (National Archives)
National Archives Materials
Smithsonian Collection
American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)
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History Channel
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BOOKS:

1980 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
RONALD REAGAN (PRESIDENT)
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 489 (90.9%)
Popular Vote: 43, 904,153 (50.7%)

DEMOCRATS:
JIMMY CARTER (PRESIDENT)
WALTER MONDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 49 (9.1%)
Popular Vote: 35,483,883 (41.9%)

INDEPENDENTS:
JOHN ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)
PATRICK LUCEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote : 5,720, 060 (6.6%)

1981 INAUGURATION:

Inaugural Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Media (WP, NYT)
Luncheon (1981)
Library of Congress (1981)
Joint Congressional Committee (1981)

1981 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT:

Media Coverage, 3/30/1981 (NYT, WP, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN)
FBI Report
Photo Gallery (Reagan Library)
The John Hinckley Trial (UMKC)
Rawhide Down

1984 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
RONALD REAGAN (PRESIDENT)
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 525 (97.6%)
Popular Vote: 54,445,075 (58.8%)

DEMOCRATS:
WALTER MONDALE (PRESIDENT)
GERALDINE FERRARO (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 13 (2.4%)
Popular Vote: 37,577,185 (40.6%)

1985 INAUGURATION:

Inaugural Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Media (NYT)
Luncheon (1985)
Library of Congress (1985)
Joint Congressional Committee (1985)

REAGAN ADMINISTRATION:

Reagan Cabinet — 3/13/1987: President Reagan leads a cabinet meeting in the cabinet room with Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger at his side (National Archives/ Reagan Library)

CHIEF OF STAFF:
Kenneth M. Duberstein (1988–1989)
Howard H. Baker, Jr. (1987–1988)
Donald T. Regan (1985–1987)
James A. Baker III (1981–1985)

PRESS SECRETARY:
Marlin Fitzwater (1987–1993)
Larry M. Speakes (1981–1987)
James Brady (1981–1987)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Richard E. Lyng (1986–1989)
John R. Block (1981–1986)

DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
William H. Webster (1987–1991)
William J. Casey (1981–1987)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
C. William Verity (1987–1989)
Malcolm Baldrige (1981–1987)

CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS:
Murray Weidenbaum (1981-1982)
Martin Feldstein (1982-1984)
Beryl W. Sprinkel (1985-1989)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
William J. Crowe, Jr. (1985-1989)
John W. Vessey, Jr. (1982-1985)
David C. Jones (1978-1982)

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:
Caspar W. Weinberger (1981–1987)
Frank C. Carlucci (1987–1989)

SECRETARY OF EDUCATION:
Lauro F. Cavazos (1988–1990)
William J. Bennett (1985–1988)
Terrel H. Bell (1981–1984)

SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
John Herrington (1985–1989)
Donald P. Hodel (1982–1985)
James B. Edwards (1981–1982)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR:
Lee M. Thomas (1985–1989)
William D. Ruckelshaus (1983–1985)
Anne M. Gorsuch (1981–1983)

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES:
Otis R. Bowen (1985–1989)
Margaret Heckler (1983–1985)
Richard S. Schweiker (1981–1983)

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. (1981–1989)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Donald P. Hodel (1985–1989)
William P. Clark, Jr. (1983–1985)
James G. Watt (1981–1983)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Richard Thornburgh (1988–1991)
Edwin Meese, III (1985–1988)
William French Smith (1981–1985)

SECRETARY OF LABOR:
Ann Dore McLaughlin (1987–1989)
William E. Brock (1985–1987)
Raymond J. Donovan (1981–1985)

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER:
Colin Powell (1987–1989)
Frank C. Carlucci (1986–1987)
John M. Poindexter (1985–1986)
Robert C. “Bud” McFarlane (1983–1985)
William P. Clark, Jr. (1982-1983)
Richard V. Allen (1981–1982)

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Joseph R. Wright, Jr. (1988–1989)
James C. Miller III (1985–1988)
David A. Stockman (1981–1985)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
George P. Shultz (1982–1989)
Alexander M. Haig Jr. (1981–1982)

U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE:
Clayton K. Yeutter (1985–1989)
William E. Brock (1981–1985)

SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION:
James H. Burnley (1987–1989)
Elizabeth H. Dole (1983–1987)
Andrew L. Lewis Jr. (1981–1983)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Nicholas F. Brady (1988–1993)
James A. Baker III (1985–1988)
Donald T. Regan (1981–1985)

AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS:
Vernon A. Walters (1985–1989)
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1981–1985)

ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS:
Bob Nimmov (1981–1983)
Harry N. Walters (1983–1986)
Thomas K. Turnage (1986–1989)

CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
Paul Volcker (1979-1987)
Alan Greenspan (1987–2006)

COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
Michael Deaver
Lyn Nofziger
Peggy Noonan

CABINET PHOTOS:

1981 Cabinet - Class Photo. 2/4/81. Front row: Alexander Haig, Secretary of State; President Reagan; Vice President Bush; Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense Second row: Raymond Donovan, Secretary of Labor; Donald Regan, Secretary of Labor; Terrel Bell, Secretary of Education; David Stockman, Director, Office of Management & Budget; Andrew Lewis, Secretary of Transportation, Samuel Pierce, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development; William French Smith, Attorney General; James Watt, Secretary of the Interior; Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; Edwin Meese III, Counselor to the President; James Edwards, Secretary of Energy; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; William E. Brock, United States Trade Representative; Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health & Human Services; John Block, Secretary of Agriculture; William Casey, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (Reagan Library) — 1981

1984 Cabinet - Class Photo. 1/20/84. Front row : Donald Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; Vice President Bush; President Reagan; George Shultz, Secretary of State; Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense Second row : Terrel Bell, Secretary of Education; Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; David Stockman, Director, Office of Management & Budget; William French Smith, Attorney General; Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Transportation; Donald Hodel, Secretary of Energy; Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health & Human Services Third row : John Block, Secretary of Agriculture; Raymond Donovan, Secretary of Labor; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; Samuel Pierce, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development; William Clark, Secretary of the Interior; William Casey, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Edwin Meese, III, Counselor to the President; William Brock, U.S. Trade Representative (Reagan Library) — 1984

1987 Cabinet - Class Photo. 7/1/87. Front row: Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; James Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; George Shultz, Secretary of State; Edwin Meese, III, Attorney General; Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Transportation; Howard Baker, White House Chief of Staff ; Donald Hodel, Secretary of the Interior; Richard Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture; Samuel Pierce, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development; President Reagan; Vice President Bush Back row: William Bennett; Secretary of Education; John Herrington, Secretary of Energy; Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; James Miller III, Director, Office of Management & Budget; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; William Brock, Secretary of Labor; Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health & Human Services. (Reagan Library) — 1987

1989 Cabinet - Class Photo. 1/11/89. Front row: Frank Carlucci, Secretary of Defense; George Shultz, Secretary of State; President Reagan; Vice President Bush; Nicholas Brady, Secretary of Treasury; Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General Middle row: C. William Verity, Secretary of Commerce; Ann McLaughlin, Secretary of Labor; Don Hodel, Secretary of Interior; Richard Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture; Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Samuel Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Back row: James Burnley IV, Secretary of Transportation; John Herrington, Secretary of Energy; Lauro Cavazos, Secretary of Education; Ken Duberstein, Chief of Staff; Joseph Wright, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Vernon Walters, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; William Webster, Director of Central Intelligence (Reagan Library) — 1989

SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS:

Sandra Day O’Connor (1981–2006)
William H. Rehnquist (1972 –2005)
Antonin Scalia (1986–2016)
Douglas H. Ginsburg (Withdrawn)
Robert H. Bork (Rejected)
Anthony M. Kennedy (1988–2018)

CONGRESS:

Ronald Reagan — 4/28/1982 President Reagan, Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, Howard Baker Jr, Jim Wright Paul Laxalt, and James Baker during a meeting with bipartisan members of congress to discuss budget compromise in the United States Capitol. (Reagan Library)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (1977–1987)
James C. Wright, Jr. (1987–1989)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
Howard H. Baker, Jr. (1981–1985)
Robert J. Dole (1985–1987)
Robert C. Byrd (1987–1989)

THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR:

Brown University

ARTICLES:

Obituaries, 6/6/2004 (NYT, WP, LAT)
Reagan Unscripted (Vanity Fair, 6/2007)
The Unknowable (The New Yorker, 2004)

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