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Edwin Meese
Attorney General · 1985
Edwin Meese, Attorney General.
Positions
- Attorney General1985-02-25–1988-07-05
Biography
Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author who served as 75th United States attorney general from 1985 until 1988. A member of the Republican Party, Meese served in the Ronald Reagan administration including as counselor to the president (1981–1985), on his transition team (1980–81), and during Reagan's governorship of California (1967–1974).
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