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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.

  • The News International·Nov 7, 2026

    'Life Interrupted' star Erin Murphy recalls working with former president Ronald Reagan

  • Opportunity Desk·Nov 6, 2026

    Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program 2027-2028 (Fully-funded)

  • 3DVF·Nov 6, 2026

    Ronald Reagan loved Back to the Future so much he quoted it to Congress

  • Shaw Local·Nov 5, 2026

    Historical covers for Nov. 5: Reagan, Obama win presidential elections

  • Rocky Mountain Voice -·Nov 5, 2026

    Colorado Republicans lost again: What happened to the party of Reagan?

  • The Colorado Sun·Nov 5, 2026

    Opinion: What happened to the party of Reagan in Colorado?

  • The Citizens' Voice·Nov 4, 2026

    Today in History: November 4, Ronald Reagan’s presidential library opens

  • Britannica·Oct 16, 2026

    Ronald Reagan - Iran-Contra, Cold War, President

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