Edwin Meese

Edwin "Ed" Meese, III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, and author.

Edwin Meese
75th United States Attorney General
In office
February 25, 1985 – August 12, 1988
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byWilliam French Smith
Succeeded byDick Thornburgh
Personal details
Born
Edwin Meese III

(1931-12-02) December 2, 1931
Oakland, California
Political partyRepublican
Alma materYale University
University of California-Berkeley
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
RankColonel

Early life

Meese was born on December 2, 1931 in Oakland, California. He studied at Yale University and at the University of California-Berkeley.

Career

He served under Ronald Reagan's administration back when Reagan was Governor (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980), and under Reagan's presidential administration (1981–1985). Meese was the 75th Attorney General of the United States (1985–1988), a position from which he resigned while serving in office under investigation from a special prosecutor.[1]

Honors

On October 8, 2019, president Donald Trump presented Meese the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.[2]

Books
  • Judicial Tyranny: The New Kings of America? - contributing author (Amerisearch, 2005) ISBN 0-9753455-6-7
  • The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, ISBN 1-59698-001-X
  • With Reagan, 1992, Regnery Gateway, 0-89526-522-2

References
  1. Edwin Meese profile, NNDB
  2. Cassidy, John. "What Ed Meese's Presidential Medal of Freedom Says About the G.O.P. and Impeachment". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

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