Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in th
Official portrait, 1981
From left to right: Jack (father), Neil, Ronald, and Nelle (mother) (c. 1915)
Reagan at Fort Roach, between 1943 and 1944
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 43rd vice president under Ronald Reagan. His son,
Ronald Reagan
…his age became an issue among the press, and the United States was in a severe recession. In the primaries, Reagan unexpectedly lost the Iowa caucus to George H. W. Bush. Three days before the New Hampshire primary, the Reagan and Bush campaigns agreed to a one-on-one debate sponsored by The Telegraph at Nashua, New…
Bush's Phillips Academy yearbook photo, 1942
Bush in his Grumman TBM Avenger aboard the USS San Jacinto in 1944, during World War II
Bush, top right, standing with his wife and children, mid-1960s