In the 1950s, he hosted general electric theater and worked as a motivational speaker for general electric. Ronald reagan was the 40 th president of the united states, holding the office for two terms from 1981 through 1989 Prior to politics, reagan gained fame as an actor, appearing in more than 50. Ronald reagan was elected president of the united states on november 4, 1980 His triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the republican party and ushered in a new era of governing Reagan served as arguably the first true conservative u.s
President in over 50 years. Regan admits that between $10 and $30 million had been diverted from iranian arms sales and funneled to the nicaraguan contras Reagan wins 91% of the electoral college and 51% of the popular vote Address to joint session of congress proposing a program for economic recovery Reagan, a republican from california, took office following his landslide victory over democratic incumbent president jimmy carter and independent congressman john b Anderson in the 1980 presidential election.
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