The Great Communicator Ronald Reagan's Life and Legacy

By Richard Weingroff As the country mourned the death of former President Ronald Reagan on June 5, 2004, the FHWA recalled his role in our ... If he were still alive, former President Ronald Reagan would be 104 today. What do you remember most about his two terms in office? Former president Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, is seated at his desk. Bettmann/Getty Images. Missing from the ongoing discussions regarding ... Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), a former actor and California governor, served as the 40th president from 1981 to 1989. Former Governors - California ; Gov. George Deukmejian, California, 1983 - 1991, Republican ; Gov. Ronald Wilson Reagan, California, 1967 - 1975, Democrat, ... Former First Lady Nancy Reagan died Sunday morning at her home in Los Angeles. She was 94. While she may have appeared to be a traditional ... Table of Contents · James Monroe · William Henry Harrison · George H.W. Bush · Harry Truman · James Buchanan · Andrew Jackson · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Ronald Reagan ... Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, living so long that two of the eulogies were written by people who died before him — his vice president ... When President Ronald Reagan was shot on this day, March 30, in 1981, it was anything but funny. The assassination attempt by John W. Reagan became president in 1981, when Americans had grown weary of a government that had been expanding incessantly since Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.