John Edward Jack Reagan (July 13, 1883May 18, 1941) was the father of United States President Ronald Reagan (19112004) and his older brother Neil "Moon" ...
Before his ninth birthday, Reagan and his mother, father and older brother, Neil, moved five times as Jack Reagan struggled to hold a job. The family eventually settled in Dixon, Ill., population 10,000, where "Dutch" played football and basketball, headed the drama club and won his first off
The region where Reagan grew up defined by the towns where his salesman father, Jack Reagan, could land a job gave him a sense of what Reagan biographer Lou Cannon calls rootedness, while his mother, Nelle Reagan, saw to it that he viewed his glass as at least half full.
The region where Reagan grew updefined by the towns where his salesman father, Jack Reagan, could land a jobgave him a sense of what Reagan biographer Lou Cannon calls rootedness, while his mother, Nelle Reagan, saw to it that he viewed his glass as at least half full.
The region where Reagan grew up - defined by the towns where his salesman father, Jack Reagan, could land a job - gave him a sense of what Reagan biographer Lou Cannon calls rootedness, while his mother, Nelle Reagan, saw to it that he viewed his glass as at least half full.