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Overview of Ronald Reagan's AdministrationA conservative tide in 1980 swept Ronald Reagan
into the presidential race and on to an electoral victory
that also gave him a Republican Senate and a House that
could provide a bipartisan conservative majority. During
a term that was most noteworthy for its foreign policy,
arms treaties were signed with the Soviet Union, the
Panama Canal was returned to Panama, and the Berlin Wall
came down in a wave of protests that also led to the
collapse of the Soviet Union.
| Election
of 1980 |
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Election
of 1984 |
| Candidate Ronald
Reagan
Jimmy
Carter
John B. Anderson
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Popular
Vote 43,267,489
34,964,583
5,588,014
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Electoral
Vote 489
49
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Candidate Ronald
Reagan
Walter F.
Mondale
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Popular
Vote 53,428,357
36,930,923
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Electoral
Vote 525
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| His
Vice-President and Cabinet |
| Vice-President |
George Herbert Walker Bush |
| Secretary of State |
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
George P. Shultz (1982) |
| Secretary of the
Treasury |
Donald T. Regan
James A.
Baker III (1985)
Nicholas F. Brady (1988) |
| Secretary of Defense |
Caspar W. Weinberger
Frank C. Carlucci (1987) |
| Attorney General |
William French Smith
Edwin Meese (1985)
Dick Thornburgh (1988) |
| Secretary of the
Interior |
James G. Watt
William P. Clark (1983)
Donald P. Hodel (1985) |
| Secretary of Agriculture |
John R. Block
Richard E. Lyng (1986) |
| Secretary of Commerce |
Malcolm Baldridge
C. William Verity (1987) |
| Secretary of Labor |
Raymond J. Donovan
William Brock (1985)
Ann Dore McLaughlin (1987) |
| Secretary of Health and
Human Services |
Richard S. Schweiker
Margaret M. Heckler (1983)
Otis R. Bowen (1985) |
| Secretary of Education |
Terrel H. Bell
William J. Bennett (1985)
Lauro F. Cavazos, Jr. (1988) |
| Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development |
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. |
| Secretary of
Transportation |
Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.
Elizabeth H. Dole (1983)
James H. Burnley (1987) |
| Secretary of Energy |
James B. Edwards
Donald P. Hodel (1982)
John Herrington (1985) |
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| U.S.
Events During His Administration |
| U.S.
Population |
| March 30, 1981 |
Reagan and three others shot in
an assassination attempt outside the Washington,
D.C., Hilton Hotel. |
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Notes and
Trivia
At 70+ years of age, Reagan was the
oldest man ever elected President.
93+ years old at the time of his death,
Reagan was the oldest ex-President in U.S. history,
surpassing the previous record holder, John Adams.
James Earl Carter
Walter Mondale
James A. Baker III
John Adams
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