U.S. Presidents: Ronald Reagan

President Reagan...

• ...ate jelly beans to help kick his smoking habit. There would be a crystal jar of them on the table at Cabinet meetings.
• ...liked to fee the squirrels outside of the Oval Office. In George H.W. Bush’s eulogy for Reagan, he said that on the 40th president’s last day in the White House, he left a sign on the Oval Office door addressed to the squirrels that said “Beware of the dog” because “our dog Millie came in and beat the heck out of the squirrels.”
• ...nominated the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor, who served from 1986 to 2001.

Born in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, 1911, Ronald Reagan initially chose a career in entertainment, appearing in more than 50 films. While in Hollywood, he worked as president of the Screen Actor's Guild and met his future wife, Nancy (Davis) Reagan. He later served two terms as governor of California. Originally a liberal Democrat, Reagan ran for the U.S. presidency as a Republican and won two terms, beginning in 1980, ultimately becoming a conservative icon over the ensuing decades. Having suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his later years, Reagan died on June 5, 2004. 

 “Democracy is worth dying for because it is the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

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