Ronald Reagan served as the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. At the time he took office, he was the oldest President in U.S. history.
Before becoming President, Reagan had been a movie star, a cowboy, and the governor of California. Learn more about this multifaceted President by browsing through this collection of pictures of Ronald Reagan.
Reagan as a Young Boy
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library)
Reagan and Nancy
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library)
- Engagement photo of Nancy Davis and Ronald Reagan
- Cutting their wedding cake
- Right after their wedding
- Ronald visiting Nancy on the set of her movie Donovan's Brain
- At the Stork Club in New York City
- With their children Ron and Patti
- Aboard a boat
- Horseback riding
- Holding each other after horseback riding
- Eating on TV trays in the White House
- Standing in the Blue Room, 1981
- Sitting together on the White House grounds, 1988
In the Limelight
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library)
As Governor of California
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library, courtesy of the National Archives)
Reagan: The Relaxed Cowboy
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library, courtesy of the National Archives)
Reagan as President
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library, courtesy of the National Archives)
- Being sworn in on Inaugural Day, 1981
- Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office
- Leading a Cabinet meeting
- Ronald and Nancy at the 1984 Republican National Convention
- Sworn in for his second term
- Watching the Space Shuttle Challenger explode on TV
- Reagan presents the Medal of Freedom to Mother Teresa
- Giving a speech at a rally
- Reagan playing golf on Air Force One
The Assassination Attempt
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library)
- Waving to the crowd immediately before being shot
- Chaos after the assassination attempt
- Chaos after the assassination attempt (different view)
- Chaos during the assassination attempt (different view)
- Standing inside the hosptial, four days after the shooting
- Reagan leaving the hospital
- Reagan returning home from the hospital
Reagan and Gorbachev
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library, courtesy of the National Archives)
Official Portraits of Reagan
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library, courtesy of the National Archives)
- Official portrait, 1981
- Nancy and Ronald standing in the Blue Room, 1981
- Reagan and Bush in an official portrait, 1981
- Sitting outside the Oval Office, 1983
- Leaning on a White House colonnade, 1984
- Smiling while posing at his Oval Office desk, 1984
- Posing at the White House, 1984
- Nancy and Ronald Reagan, official 1985 portrait
- Official portrait, 1985
- Nancy and Ronald sitting together on the White House grounds, 1988
In Retirement
(Picture from the Ronald Reagan Library, courtesy of the National Archives)
