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Official portrait of Ronald Reagan

The Desk · Presidencies · 40th

Ronald Reagan

Republican administration. Credits below cover Floor watchlist bills signed or vetoed in this term, plus curated Desk instruments, not every presidential action from the archive.

Birthday
Feb 6, 1911
Party
Republican
Term
Jan 20, 1981 – Jan 20, 1989
Vice president
George Herbert Walker Bush
All presidenciesActions for this administrationRonald Reagan Presidential Library

Signed and vetoed

Floor watchlist bills that reached a presidential signature or veto during this term, not every enrolled bill from Congress.gov.

No Floor watchlist bills signed or vetoed in this term yet.

On the Desk watchlist

  • Executive Order 12291

    Feb 17, 1981 · Executive order · No. 12291

    Directed agencies to submit major rules to OMB for regulatory impact analysis before publication.

Term dates follow standard presidential succession chronology. Non-consecutive terms (Cleveland, Trump) appear as separate ordinals. Birthday and vice-president fields merge the unitedstates executive catalog (Bioguide when present). Library links come from NARA; Federal Register counts cover modern presidential documents only. Signed and vetoed credits come from The Floor watchlist by outcome date. Desk actions are editorial, not a full Federal Register dump.

In the news

Recent reporting that mentions Ronald Reagan.

In the news

Recent reporting that mentions Ronald Reagan.

  • Patch·Aug 6, 2026

    Thunderstorms Disrupt Flights At Reagan National, Dulles Airports

  • News Dakota·Aug 6, 2026

    View Perseid Meteor Shower at Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Historic Site

  • Politico·Aug 5, 2026

    NTSB opens probe into Marine One incident near Reagan National airport

  • Washington Times·Aug 5, 2026

    FAA probes jet compromising Reagan airspace protocol near helicopter with Trump aboard

  • DVIDS·Aug 4, 2026

    Ronald Reagan Sailors Conduct Flight Deck Firefighting Training [Image 4 of 5]

  • Variety·Aug 4, 2026

    Filmland 2026 Brings Matthew McConaughey, Reagan and a Messy Love Triangle to Arkansas

  • Fox News·Aug 3, 2026

    'The Brink of War' tells story of Reagan-Gorbachev nuclear discussions

  • American Enterprise Institute - AEI·Aug 3, 2026

    Would Reagan Vote for Sarah Palin? - American Enterprise Institute

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