Cabinet - George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

The US Constitution says nothing about a presidential cabinet, yet this institution has grown powerful. Lindsay M. Chervinsky tells the story of George Washington¿s cabinet, an ad hoc panel that responded to emergencies of the day. It is supposed to be the Senate¿s job to advise the president, but the first cabinet changed that expectation forever.

About the author

Lindsay M. Chervinsky is a presidential historian and expert on US government institutions. She is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, and teaches on the American presidency at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. She has contributed to the Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, The Hill, and CNN.com, among others, and has a regular column in Washington Monthly.

Summary

The US Constitution says nothing about a presidential cabinet, yet this institution has grown powerful. Lindsay M. Chervinsky tells the story of George Washington’s cabinet, an ad hoc panel that responded to emergencies of the day. It is supposed to be the Senate’s job to advise the president, but the first cabinet changed that expectation forever.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsay M. Chervinsky
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780674271036
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27103-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements