Question 1

Why does Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky declare, “George Washington created the presidency, but John Adams defined it”?

Answer

John Adams advocated for constitutional amendments that would better define the role of the executive branch.

All the precedents that Washington established when in office only became precedents because John Adams repeated them.

John Adams’s writings in The Federalist Papers created the blueprint for presidential protocol.

John Adams was the first president to fully utilize the powers the US Constitution outlines for the executive.