Jon Ellis Meacham is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University. He gave eulogies for both President Bush and Barbara Bush when they died in 2018.
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Jon Ellis Meacham is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University. He is a frequent guest on various talk shows such as Charlie Rose, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, and Real Time with Bill Maher. He was asked to speak at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on the Soul of America.
He endorsed Joe Biden, saying, “history will surely be our judge, and we’re not best when we build bridges, not walls” He is the author of several books, including Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power and Franklin and Winston, Partners of an Intimate Relationship about Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. He gave eulogies for both President Bush and Barbara Bush when they died in 2018. He has been a visiting professor of political science at his al mater, the University of the South.
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