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Ronald Reagan
Born in Tampico, Illinois, raised in Dixon, Illinois, and educated at Eureka College Class of 1932 in Eureka, Illinois with a bachelor of arts degree in economics-sociology, Reagan first moved to Iowa as a radio broadcaster and then to Los Angeles, California in 1937.
He began a career as an actor.
In 1938, Reagan co-starred in the film Brother Rat with actress Jane Wyman .
They were engaged at the Chicago Theatre, and married on January 26, 1940, at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather church in Glendale, California.
Together they had two children, Maureen (born 1941) and Christine (born 1947).
During the war due to his nearsightedness, he was classified for limited service only, which excluded him from serving overseas.
His first assignment was at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation at Fort Mason, California, as a liaison officer of the Port and Transportation Office.
Upon the approval of the Army Air Force (AAF), he applied for a transfer from the Cavalry to the AAF on May 15, 1942, and was assigned to AAF Public Relations and subsequently to the 1st Motion Picture Unit (officially, the "18th AAF Base Unit") in Culver City, California.
Reagan began his political career as a liberal Democrat, admirer of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and active supporter of New Deal policies, but
soon after World War II ended, a group of Whittier Republicans approached Reagan about running for a seat in the United States House of Representatives.
Reagan accepted their offer, and waged a campaign which ended in a victory over the five-term Democratic incumbent Jerry Voorhis in November 1946.
He was elected in 1946 as a Republican to the House of Representatives representing California's 12th Congressional district, and in 1950 to the United States Senate.
He was selected to be the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party nominee, in the 1952 Presidential election, becoming one of the youngest,and popular Vice Presidents in history.
In 1960, Reagan launched his campaign for President of the United States. He faced little opposition in the Republican primaries.
He chose former Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
As his running mate.
His Democratic opponent was John F.Kennedy.

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