The day of mourning was repeated after the deaths of four other former presidents -- Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1969, Harry S. Truman in 1972, Lyndon B. Johnson in 1973 and Richard Nixon in 1994.

The National Conference of State Legislatures said state offices also would be closed in Kansas, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Texas, Connecticut, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Delaware, New Mexico and Wyoming.

The Ronald Reagan Memorial Foundation was expected to reimburse much of the cost, he said, and it appeared government agencies would be able to cover the rest by shuffling funds already appropriated by Congress.Scofield said Congress approved a special appropriation of $10 million to reimburse costs associated with providing security at the joint meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund two years ago.