Welcoming Lindsay Chervinsky, Our New Advisory Council Member
The Society for the Rule of Law welcomes Lindsay Chervinsky as its new Advisory Council Member.
Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky is a presidential historian and Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Dr. Chervinsky is the author of the award-winning books Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic and The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, and is the co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture. Her work deeply engages with the development of American institutions, the practice and precedent that have forged executive power, and the emergence of norms that have been central to the functioning of American government.
Dr. Chervinsky regularly writes for publications like The Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and she provides commentary and historical context for outlets like CBS News, C-SPAN, Face the Nation, CNN, and NPR. She is a deeply knowledgeable expert on the American Presidency and government institutions, and her insights are invaluable tools for understanding the challenges our country faces.
To be connected with Lindsay, please contact Communications Manager Tony Franquiz at [email protected].
Selected Publications
- Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic (Oxford Univ. Press 2024).
- The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution (Harvard Univ. Press 2020).
- Lindsay M. Chervinsky, John Adams Faced a January 6 Moment, Wash. Monthly (Sept. 6, 2024).
- Ed., Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture (Univ. of Va. Press 2023).
- Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Five Best: Presidential Biographies, Wall St. J. (Sept. 6, 2024).
- Lindsay M. Chervinsky, To Understand Trump and Biden, Look to Reagan and Carter, N.Y. Times (Jan. 2, 2025).
A full list of Dr. Chervinsky’s Interviews and Articles can be viewed on her press page.