Reagan’s home in Pacific Palisades, California, was his primary residence until 1981, when the family moved to the White House. In a feature film from April 2000, he told his wife, Nancy Reagan ADVERTISEMENT that the actor and 40th president was in the shower when the news came of his election victory in 1980. “It was just after five o’clock, so it was night on the East Coast,” Nancy said. “I took a bath and Ronnie got in the shower. In the background I was listening to John Chancellor on the TV in the bedroom and all of a sudden he says Ronnie won, all of a sudden. So I got out of the bath, started banging on the shower door and we ran to the TV . There we were, standing on the towels, listening to them say he had been elected. Then the phone started ringing. It was President Carter, calling from Washington to grant the election and congratulate Ronnie on his victory.
