Essay on Ronald Reagan

“In 1966, Reagan successfully ran for governor of California and served two consecutive terms.” (Jennifer Rosenberg, n.d.). Reagan was also a man who looked at the bigger picture, and pushed himself to be the very best. At the Republican National Convention in 1968, as well as 1974, he was considered a potential Presidential Candidate. In the 1980 election, he won the Republican nomination, and successfully won the Presidential election against Jimmy Carter. He also ran again in the 1984 election against Democrat Walter Mondale, and won. With these two terms, he successfully completed 8 years as President of the United States.

     Before he was officially in politics, President Reagan was still very involved in the political process. Reagan started his life as a Democrat. Reagan’s father, a staunch Democrat, influenced Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911 to Nelle Wilson and John Edward Reagan. His father, also known as Jack Reagan, came from an Irish background, while his mother was a Scottish and English mix. Reagan had only one sibling, his brother, Neil Reagan. He attended a high school nearby what he considers his hometown, Dixon. At Dixon high school, he served as student body president and participated in football,basketball, track, and school plays. After graduating from Dixon High, he proceeded to attend Eureka College, a small liberal arts institution and majored in economics and sociology. While he attended college, he eventually became interested in drama. He attended a screen test in 1937, this won him a contract in Hollywood. In the next two decades, he had appeared in 50 films. Reagan was married twice, first to Jane Wyman, and second to Nancy Davis. Reagan had two children with each of his wives.

Reagan began his acting career when an agent from Warner Brothers discovered him and offered him an acting

During his Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Reagan said, “For I join you, as I join your fellow countrymen in the West, in this firm, this unalterable belief: Es gibt nur ein Berlin. [There is only one Berlin.]”(Source C). In this line of the speech, Reagan has a very inflated tone when speaking but at the same time he is not harsh, more hopeful. Reagan is simply trying to include everyone that is relevant in this situation. Also in his Farewell Address Reagan stated, “Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. So, we cut the people's tax rates, and the people produced more than ever before.” (Source A). His speeches were also concrete and straightforward in effort to relate to the people even

Ronald Regan brought nothing but hope into America when it was needed the most. He led the great comeback. He made something impossible look so easy. He made everyone who doubting him rethink their statement. Reagan inspired America. On that day he kicked off his campaign, and throughout his presidency, he challenged us to lift our sights. He assured us that every American is created with the rights to life and liberty. Our dream is coming alive in our minds and hearts in unique and wonderful ways. When Reagan said, “We are Americans!” it was his voice that proved to the people that this land was ours and nobody could take away our dream for this great land. That is why he was so determined to knock down barriers that prevented individuals from reaching their dreams, and America from achieving greatness.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the fortieth president of the United States of America. He was a member of the Republican party. He served two terms as the president. He was shot in attempted assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. These are the simple facts that most everybody knows. But what was his personal life like? Did he ever have a family? Was he always a politician, or more specifically was he always a member of the Republican party? These are the questions that not everybody knows the answers to.

Before I became president, my job was a screen filmer at Hollywood. I was most known in my hollywood career for my role as the notorious “John Wayne”. At that moment I met my future wife, Nancy Reagan. I soon got married on March 4, 1952. Once we got married, we moved to Los Angeles.

Even with this affliction, Reagan’s parents showed their two boys the value of fairness and qualities of discipline, faith, generosity, fairness, and tolerance, which Reagan would later use as president of the United States (Orr 27). At the age of nine years old, the Reagan family settled down in Dixon, Illinois (Boyarsky 164). When Reagan was a boy, he enjoyed drawing cartoons and reading numerous books (Orr 21). Watching Tom Mix, his favorite movie actor, was another passion Reagan carried with him while growing up (Orr 22). Reagan became a freshman at Dixon Northside High School in 1924 (Orr 26). This high school was concentrated more on the arts and cultural studies rather than sports (Orr 26). While in high school, Reagan was elected student council president (Boyarsky 165). Early in his high school career, Reagan began dating a girl named Myrtle Williams (Edwards 133). Myrtle and Reagan’s mother, who also performed in many local plays (Boyarsky 164), influenced Reagan to join the drama club at his school (Orr 30). As a result, Reagan performed in many school plays (Boyarsky 165). During his teen years, Reagan had many summer jobs, including being a construction worker, a golf caddy, and a lifeguard, his favorite (Orr 29). Being the only lifeguard at Lowell Park, Reagan was credited to have saved a total of 77 lives from drowning over his six year span of being a lifeguard (Sidey 143).

Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois to Jack and Nelle Reagan on February 6, 1911. Reagan’s father was a salesman and storyteller while his mother was very involved with the church. Reagan's’ father nicknamed him “Dutch” due to his fat little dutch boy appearance. Reagan and his only sibling, Neil, grew up together living in different cities around

Reagan, at the age of 11, became very devout in religion. He aspired to become a Disciple of Christ and became baptized by a Disciple of Christ. Throughout his life, Reagan constantly remained vigilant in his religious endeavors. He believed in God and he believed in brotherhood. Through these two powerful belief structures, Reagan received support from within that he needed to pursue endeavors throughout

Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, IL, on the date of February 6, 1911 (Biography.com Editors). The Reagans

Reagan was an actor, so he knew how to talk to people. He was also a person with a lot of courage, and it bleed through to the American people. He has a vision and he knew what he wanted to accomplish when he was in the White House, and because he knew the vision, he was not afraid to go after it. He had natural courage, and it was extremely contagious to everyone. He was a president that America says he brought back to life the spirit of the country.

If there is a single political figure from the past century to whom we can look and realize greatness, it is Ronald Reagan. And if there is a context in which to view the Presidency of Ronald Wilson Reagan, it is in the context of economics. In two scholarly biographies of our 40th president, The Reagan Effect by John W. Sloan, professor of political science at The University of Houston, and The Reagan Years written by several scholars and edited by Joseph Hogan, professor and head of the Department of Management at Birmingham Polytechnic Business School, Reagan and his presidency are meticulously analyzed under the lens of economics, among other things. Their findings, although contrasting in some areas, conclude, much to my pleasure, that President Reagan was a successful and influential president.

His most famous quote was “Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall” while standing in front of the Berlin Wall (IMDb). After 69 days of becoming the president, Reagan was shot in the leg by an unsuccessful assassinator (Kelly). Reagan was once a Democrat, but soon changed to a Republican, some believe it was because of his wife (Flynn). President Bush awarded him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom which was an absolute privilege. On October 23, 1989, Reagan was given a medallion, The Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, by the government of Japan (Ronald Reagan Post-Presidency Chronology). In 1989, Ronald was listed in the Hall of Great Western Performances of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum (IMDb).