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Episode 2: Lindsay M. Chervinsky on the Origins of the Presidential Cabinet
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Episode 2: Lindsay M. Chervinsky on the Origins of the Presidential Cabinet

Richard Aldous
Oct 23, 2020
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Historian Lindsay M. Chervinsky joins host Richard Aldous to discuss her new book The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. She explains why George Washington came to convene his cabinet, how he used it, and how later presidents adapted the institution.

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