Yes, Ronald Reagan. The actor. In the midst of the inevitable deregulation-driven collapse he helped create.
A bronze statue of him is going into the Statuary Hall as one of the statues representing the not-so great state of California, replacing Thomas Starr King, a Unitarian pastor from San Francisco credited with keeping California from becoming independent during the civil war.
The National Statuary Hall, located in the Capitol, was created by Congress in 1864 out of the old House chamber to invite
each and all the States to provide and furnish statues, in marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services such as each State may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration
Well, California often sets nationwide trends, and I think other states should follow their example here as well.
Now, technically, California is not the first state to replace a statue.
Kansas replaced George Washington Glick, a governor of the state from the 1880s, with Dwight David Eisenhower. However, Eisenhower fits in with the tradition of popular figures who are not, at the very least, partisan figures. He's so non-partisan that, as you may recall, Mike Gravel was willing to quote him in his 9/11 conspiracy section of his Helter Skelter video.
Whereas Reagan is still, today, the inspiring present of the Republican party, and he hasn't even been dead long enough to be eligible even by baseball standards (baseball has a 5 year wait after retirement before becoming eligible to be elected to the Hall of Fame; it has, I believe, been waived only on very select occasions, with Roberto Clemente, and informally with Lou Gehrig).
While other states certainly need to get to replacing their old and worn-out honorees like George Washington, Will Rogers, Henry Clay, Jeannette Rankin, Sequoyah, etc.
Here are some suggestions I have (the full list of 100 current statues can be viewed here
Samuel Adams can stay, but his statue needs to be altered to better portray the teabagging currently running rampant in our nation.
Also, Zebulon Vance really ought to be replaced with Jesse Helms, and George Washington with the Rev. Jerry Falwell.
Got any other suggestions?