What’s Working in Washington – Ep 422 – The Presidential Cabinet – Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky

Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, presidential historian and author of “The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution,” joins Mark Walsh to share her extensive knowledge on the origin, significance, and trajectory of the American presidential Cabinet. Dr. Chervinsky explains how an institution that was not pre-ordained in our constitution became a mainstay of the American presidency, how it serves as a measure of the American state’s evolution, and how a socially diverse cabinet goes hand-in-hand with the expansion of suffrage and civil rights.