GAS PRICE PER GALLON IN JANUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEARS.. Reagan 1980 : $ 1.17 1984 : $ 1.22 Bush (1) 1988 : $ 0.97 Clinton 1992 : $ 1.16 1996 : $ 1.21 Bush (2) 2000 : $ 1.36 2004 : $ 1.65 2008 : $ 3.13 ( as of April ’08 Gas was $ 3.41 per gallon.) This info is based on the average price of a gallon of Regular Unleaded purchased in NY,NJ,LI,CT,and PA as found at the U.S. Department of Labor, bureau of labor and statistics