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Lindsay M. Chervinsky

Lindsay M. Chervinsky is a presidential historian, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, and the Scholar in Residence at the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona College.

Her first book, The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, received the Excellence in American History Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Thomas J. Wilson prize from Harvard University Press, was a finalist for the Journal of the American Revolution best book prize, and was a best book in history selection by Amazon.

She teaches on the presidency and writes widely on the presidency and politics.  She writes a monthly columns for Governing and The Hill, and publishes a regular newsletter, Imperfect Union.  She has published articles in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, and The Bulwark, among others, and regularly provides commentary on radio, television, and podcasts.

Her next book, An Honest Man, will be published by Oxford University Press.