Jon Grinspan

Jon Grinspan is a curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He is the author of two other books, The Age of Acrimony and The Virgin Vote , frequently contributes to the New York Times, and has been featured in the New Yorker and the Washington Post and on CBS Sunday Morning . At the Smithsonian, he collects objects from historic and contemporary politics-attending elections, conventions, and protests-to help tell the material story of our democracy...See more

Jon Grinspan is a curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He is the author of two other books, The Age of Acrimony and The Virgin Vote , frequently contributes to the New York Times, and has been featured in the New Yorker and the Washington Post and on CBS Sunday Morning . At the Smithsonian, he collects objects from historic and contemporary politics-attending elections, conventions, and protests-to help tell the material story of our democracy to present and future Americans. He lives in Washington, D. See less