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The Cabinet, George Washington's Creation, with Lindsay M. Chervinsky
The Cabinet, George Washington's Creation, with Lindsay M. Chervinsky
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
May 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
George Washington did not get a Cabinet as President. He created it. His precedents forged the institution and the President's relationship to the Executive Departments. Washington didn't fire a cabinet member, but he set the precedents in this area and in others. We are joined by Lindsay M. Chervinsky, a historian with the white house historian Her book, The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution has been published by Harvard University Press.
Released:
May 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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