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The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

The US Constitution never established a presidential cabinet—the delegates to the Constitutional Convention explicitly rejected the idea. So how did George Washington create one of the most powerful bodies in the federal government? On November 26, 1791, George Washington convened his department secretaries—Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, a

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

368

ISBN

9780674986480