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==Family background==

==Family background==

[[File:Reagan_graduation.jpg|right|160px|thumb| Graduation photo from Eureka College]]

[[File:Reagan_graduation.jpg|right|160px|thumb| Photo taken after his graduation from Eureka College]]

Reagan's father was a working class Irish Catholic, and an active Democrat. Unemployed in the [[Great Depression]], the father held a minor position in the [[WPA]] during the [[New Deal]]. His son recalled numerous alcoholic episodes that cost the father many job opportunities. Reagan was influenced more by his mother, a devout member of the [[Disciples of Christ]], and Reagan was a lifelong Protestant. The family lived in various small towns in northern Illinois until Reagan attended [[Eureka College]], a small Disciples school where he was a "big man on campus" and active in theater and student government.

Reagan's father was a working class Irish Catholic, and an active Democrat. Unemployed in the [[Great Depression]], the father held a minor position in the [[WPA]] during the [[New Deal]]. His son recalled numerous alcoholic episodes that cost the father many job opportunities. Reagan was influenced more by his mother, a devout member of the [[Disciples of Christ]], and Reagan was a lifelong Protestant. The family lived in various small towns in northern Illinois until Reagan attended [[Eureka College]], a small Disciples school where he was a "big man on campus" and active in theater and student government.