The idea of a Cabinet that had direct and easy access to the President made sense when there were four or five people, as was the case early in American history

The idea of a Cabinet that had direct and easy access to the President made sense when there were four or five people, as was the case early in American history. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Top_Left_Cabinet_Image.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Top_Left... C. Northcote Parkinson, of Parkinson's Law fame, has written on this, both in British and American history. The inner council seems to grow and is replaced as the leader's inner council by a smaller body over time.