Ronald Reagan, Clamper

Above, Gov. Reagan and Michael Landon at the Ambassador Hotel on
 California Primary Election Night in 1980. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Over the years since the mid-1980s it had been said in various circles of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus that every California governor, except Jerry Brown, were members of the Order.

I became a Clamper in January 1984.

Here's a newspaper article on when Ronald Reagan became a Clamper. It was during the time he was governor-elect following the 1966 election campaign.