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The cabinet : George Washington and the creation of an American institution / Lindsay M. Chervinsky.

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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 se...

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Main Author: Chervinsky, Lindsay M., 1988- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Influence.
Hamilton, Alexander, > 1757-1804.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Knox, Henry, > 1750-1806.
Randolph, Edmund, > 1753-1813.
Cabinet officers > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1789-1797.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799.
Politics and government.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Cabinet officers.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Forged in war
  • The original team of rivals
  • Setting the stage
  • The early years
  • The cabinet emerges
  • A foreign challenge
  • A domestic threat
  • A cabinet in crisis.

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