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RECENT PRESIDENTS DATA

Complete the following chart. Excluding political beliefs, add and complete any categories you
think are missing.
PRESIDENT

40: REAGAN

41: BUSH

42: CLINTON

43: BUSH

44: OBAMA

DATES

1981-1989

1989-1993

1993-2001

2001-2009

2009-2017

NUMBER OF
TERMS

ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
VOTES (OF
538)

1980: 489-49
1984: 525-13

1988: 426-112
1992: 168 (loss)

1992: 370-168
1996: 379-159

2000: 271-266
2004: 286-251

2008: 365-173
2012: 332-206

PARTY

Republican

Republican

Democratic

Republican

Democratic

HOME STATE

California

Texas

Arkansas

Texas

Illinois

PROFESSION

Actor/

Oil Business/
Government

Law/
Government

Business/
Government

Law/
Government

PRIOR
GOVERNMENT
EXPERIENCE

California
Governor

Vice President;
CIA Director;
Envoy to China;
UN
Ambassador;
Member of
House of
Representatives

Arkansas
Governor

Texas Governor

Illinois State
Senator; U.S.
Senator

MILITARY
EXPERIENCE

World War II
era

World War II
Naval Aviator

none

Texas Air
National Guard

none

EDUCATION

BA: Economics
and Sociology
Eureka College

BA: Economics
Yale University

BS: Foreign
Service
Georgetown
University;
J.D. Yale
University

BA: History
Yale University;
MBA Harvard
Business School

BA: Political
Science
Columbia
University;
J.D. Harvard
University

FAMILY

Divorced,
remarried. 5
children

Married, 5
children

Married, 1 child

Married, 2
children

Married, 2
children

AGE AT
ELECTION

69

64

46

54

47

GENDER

Male

Male

Male

Male

Male

RELIGION

Presbyterian

Episcopal

Baptist

Methodist

Christian

Government

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