In 1948, Ronald Reagan was President of the Screen Actor's Guild, a registered Democrat, and a vocal supporter of Hubert H. Humphrey's U.S. Senate campaign, even recording radio commercials on Humphrey's behalf.
While it is generally accepted that John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held the first televised Presidential debates, in actuality, Hubert H. Humphrey and Kennedy met in a televised debate months earlier (during the 1960 Democratic Presidential Primaries).
ON SCREEN: "LEGISLATION INFLUENCED BY HUBERT HUMPHREY
Medicare
Commission on Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Creation of Senate Sub-Committee on Disarmament
Establishment of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Establishment of the Peace Corps
Creation of the Food for Peace Program
Creation of The Food Stamp Program
Establishment of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Creation of the Job Corps
Federal Committee on Migratory Labor
Youth Employment Act
Early childhood development
Aid to elementary and secondary education
Federal Scholarship Program
W.I.C. Program
The Wilderness Preservation Act
Creation of National Council of the Arts
Creation of Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
Headstart
National Portrait Gallery
Integration of the US military
The National Forest Management Act
Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee
Bills to create constitutional amendments for direct popular election of US Presidents
The Solar Energy Research Act (1974)
Area Redevelopment Act of 1961
Manpower Development and Training Acts of 1961 and 1962
Vocational Education Act of 1962
Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1964
The Victims of Crime Act
The Solar Energy and Conservation Act
The Child Nutrition Act
The National Climate Program Act
Nurse Training Act of 1964
The Community Health Care Centers Act of 1962
Health Professions Education Assistance Act of 1963
FERC"
ON SCREEN: "The Vietnam War lasted 7 more years, and 25,000 more American soldiers died."