279 The Cabinet: Creation of an American Institution

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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As the first President of the United States, George Washington set many precedents for the new nation. One of the biggest precedents Washington set came in the form of the Cabinet, a body of advisors from across the U.S. government who advise the president on how to handle matters of foreign and domestic policy. Today, we investigate Washington’s creation of the Cabinet and how it became a government institution with Lindsay Chervinsky, a Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, a Senior Fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies, and the author of the book, The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/279 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 040: Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, For Fear of an Elected King 🎧 Episode 137: Erica Dunbar, The Washington’s Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 🎧 Episode 193: Partisans: The Friendship and Rivalry of John Adams & Thomas Jefferson 🎧 Episode 202: The Early History of the United States Congress 🎧 Episode 203: Joanne Freeman: Alexander Hamilton 🎧 Episode 265: Lindsay Chervinsky, An Early History of the White House REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's World is a production of the
0:02.5	O'Mohandro Institute and production of this episode
0:05.4	was made possible by a grant from the Roller Bottommore Foundation
0:09.0	of Richmond, Virginia. Yeah. Hello and welcome to episode 279 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:24.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you,
0:26.3	learn more about how the people and events
0:28.3	of our early American past have shaped the present day world
0:31.2	we live in.
0:32.2	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:35.0	As the first president of the United States,
0:38.0	George Washington sent many precedents for the new nation
0:41.0	and for the presidents who would follow him.
0:43.6	One of the biggest precedents that Washington said came in the form of the Cabinet, a body
0:48.8	of advisors from across the United States government who can advise a president on how to handle matters of foreign
0:54.6	and domestic policy.
0:56.7	Today, we're going to investigate Washington's creation of the cabinet and how the cabinet became
1:02.1	a government institution with Lindsay Trevinsky,
1:05.3	a scholar in residence at the Institute of Thomas Payne Studies, a senior fellow at the International
1:10.2	Center for Jefferson Studies, and the author of the book The Cabinet, George
1:15.0	Washington and the creation of an American institution. Now during our
1:19.7	investigation Lindsay reveals what the United States Constitution of 1787 has to say about
1:26.6	advisory bodies for the President.
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