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What was the purpose of the cabinet formed during Washington's term?

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The purpose of the cabinet was to advise the president. 
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Answer: Washington's cabinet was created with the purpose of being an advisory body.

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After naming Thomas Jefferson for the Department of State, Alexander Hamilton for the Department of the Treasure, and Edmund Randolph for the new position of the attorney general, George Washington had to routinely call his chief staff members together to discuss matters of policy. This instructive team was the origin of the president’s cabinet, for which the Constitution made no formal provision.

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