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100	1		_aChervinsky, Lindsay M., _d1988- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe cabinet : _bGeorge Washington and the creation of an American institution / _cLindsay M. Chervinsky.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_a416 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aForged 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.
520			_a"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, and Edmund Randolph-for the first cabinet meeting. Why did he wait two and a half years into his presidency to call his cabinet? Because the US Constitution did not create or provide for such a body. Washington was on his own. Faced with diplomatic crises, domestic insurrections, and constitutional challenges-and finding congressional help lacking-Washington decided he needed a group of advisors he could turn to. He modeled his new cabinet on the councils of war he had led as commander of the Continental Army. In the early days, the cabinet served at the president's pleasure. Washington tinkered with its structure throughout his administration, at times calling regular meetings, at other times preferring written advice and individual discussions. Lindsay M. Chervinsky reveals the far-reaching consequences of Washington's choice. The tensions in the cabinet between Hamilton and Jefferson heightened partisanship and contributed to the development of the first party system. And as Washington faced an increasingly recalcitrant Congress, he came to treat the cabinet as a private advisory body to summon as needed, greatly expanding the role of the president and the executive branch"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aWashington, George, _d1732-1799 _xInfluence. _9266383
600	1	0	_aHamilton, Alexander, _d1757-1804. _93123
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, _d1743-1826. _93596
600	1	0	_aKnox, Henry, _d1750-1806.
600	1	0	_aRandolph, Edmund, _d1753-1813.
650		0	_aCabinet officers _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1789-1797. _9234650
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