Reagan

President Obama's job approval rating of 46.4 percent puts him in the company of President Reagan, whose approval rating also hovered around 46 percent at the same point in his presidency. (Associated Press)

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Sixteen percent of surveyed Republicans would like to see the face of President Reagan added alongside the likenesses of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt to the face of Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota. (Associated Press)

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President Reagan with Pope John Paul II at his side, May 2, 1984. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)

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Secret Service agents restrain John W. Hinkley Jr. in the aftermath of his shooting President Reagan outside the Washington Hilton. (Associated Press)

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Gipper and his Pardner: President Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush take a ride in the woods of Camp David. Reagan visited just about every weekend. (White House)

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Illustration for Reagan's leadership on nuclear reduction by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia pauses during a speech as part of a lecture series at Tufts University on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Medford, Mass. Justice Scalia, who has served on the nation's highest court since 1986 following a nomination by President Reagan, spoke about interpreting the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

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Flanked by physicist Edward Teller (left) and Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, director of the Strategic Defense Initiative, President Reagan arrives to address a conference marking the first five years of the SDI program on March 14, 1988, in Washington. (Associated Press)