Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Illinois to a low-income family. Ronald Reagan’s early careers were in the entertainment industry like sports broadcasting and even being an actor in several movies and tv shows.

In 1966 he became the governor of California, pivoting from the entertainment industry into politics.

In 1979 he entered the Republican presidential candidacy and was elected President of the United States in the 1980 presidential election. Reagan’s presidency was marked to be a very conservative presidency where he cuts taxes, withdraw government welfare, preferring private people to do charity, basically shrinking the government roles in American citizens’ lives.

Ronald Reagan was among the most liked presidents in America and the era in which he was president was called the Reagan era, where conservative values were predominant.