John Edward Reagan (July 13, 1883 – May 18, 1941) was an American salesman. He was the father of U.S. president Ronald Reagan.

Jun 13, 2012 · The story of Ronald Reagan’s dad is sad. Yet, it describes many father-son relationships and reveals how a complex father can possess both negative and positive attributes—and, yes, there were positives.

In 1989 she released her book First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, which includes her life as the child of famous actors, her experience with domestic abuse and her observations about the Reagan administration from her unique perspective.

Jun 15, 2012 · Yes, that’s a sad story, but Ronald Reagan’s dad had his positives. He instilled in Reagan a work ethic and even communication skills that would serve him from radio, to film, to the presidency of the United States. His father taught him …

Jan 4, 2018 · In one political scientist’s reading, Ronald Reagan’s entire presidency was affected by the fallout of his alcoholic father. Reagan painted an idyllic picture of his childhood in a Midwestern small town.

Jun 7, 2004 · Ronald Reagan idealized the close-knit American family but was himself an untraditional patriarch who headed a famously splintered brood.

May 22, 2023 · Ronald Reagan's family has eclectic makeup. His father was orphaned but pushed through, married, and had two children. His parents lived a good life and gave Ronald Reagan and his brother an excellent work ethic.

Ronald Reagan remembered his father as being fiercely opposed to racial and religious intolerance. He refused to allow his children to see the film Birth of a Nation, because it glorified the Ku Klux Klan.

Ronald Reagan's father, John Edward "Jack" Reagan was born, and Ronald Reagan's family genealogy continued when Jack Reagan married Nelle Clyde Wilson, who had Scottish and English roots. Ronald Reagan was the youngest, with an older brother Neil "Moon" Reagan.

Jun 5, 2004 · Reagan's father was a salesman and a storyteller, the grandson of Irish Catholic immigrants from County Tipperary while his mother had Scots-English ancestors. Reagan had one sibling, his older brother, Neil (1908–1996), who became an advertising executive.