75th United States Attorney General (born 1931) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edwin "Ed" Meese, III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, and author.
Edwin Meese | |
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| 75th United States Attorney General | |
| In office February 25, 1985 – August 12, 1988 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | William French Smith |
| Succeeded by | Dick Thornburgh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Meese III December 2, 1931 Oakland, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Yale University University of California-Berkeley |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
Meese was born on December 2, 1931 in Oakland, California. He studied at Yale University and at the University of California-Berkeley.
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]
On October 8, 2019, president Donald Trump presented Meese the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.[2]
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