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No-one’s exactly sure where the chair came from. Madison says Jefferson wheeled it into work with him that morning. Jefferson, when asked, looks extremely pleased with himself and says nothing. It’s impressive, and downright unusual -- whispered discussion as the cabinet settles down determines that nobody’s seen anything like it.
But when the meeting inevitably descends into one of the grander Hamilton-Jefferson debates, no-one present can deny it has its uses.
“You can’t just turn around every time you know I’m right! President Washington, sir, tell him he can’t use his chair to end the debate because he knows I’m right!”